Gopichand badminton academy
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Pullela Gopichand is a former Indian badminton player. Currently, he is the Chief National Coach for the Indian Badminton team and runs the Gopichand Badminton Academy. He has mentored champions including the 2016 Rio Olympics Silver medallist, PV Sindhu and 2012 London Olympics Bronze medallist, Saina Nehwal, amongst others.
After winning his first National Badminton Championship title in 1996, Gopichand won the title five times in a row. He won two golds and one silver medal at the Indian National Games in 1998. In 1996, he won gold in the SAARC badminton tournament and defended the crown in the next games held at Colombo in 1997. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games, he won a silver medal in the team event and a bronze in men’s singles. He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001, becoming the second Indian to achieve this after Prakash Padukone.
After retiring from playing, Gopichand founded the Gopichand Badminton Academy in 2008. The academy has produced several badminton players including Saina Nehwal who went on to win the bronze medal at the 2012 Summe
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Gayatri Gopichand
Indian badminton player
Badminton player
Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (born 4 March 2003) is an Indian badminton player.[1] She is the daughter of former badminton players P. V. V. Lakshmi and Pullela Gopichand.[2] She was part of the team that clinched the gold medal at the 2019 South Asian Games. She also won a silver in the women's singles.[3] At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won a silver in the mixed team and bronze in the women's doubles categories.[4] Gopichand became the first Indian women's doubles player to make the semi-finals of All England Open, 21 years after her father's victory.[5]
Achievements
Commonwealth Games
Women's doubles
South Asian Games
Women's singles
BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals
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Pullela Gopichand
For his daughter, see Gayatri Gopichand.
In this Telugu name, the surname is Pullela.
Badminton player
Pullela Gopichand (born 16 November 1973) is an Indian former badminton player. Currently, he is the Chief National Coach for the India national badminton team.[3] He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001,[4] becoming the second Indian to achieve this feat after Prakash Padukone.[5][6] He runs the Gopichand Badminton Academy.[6] He received the Arjuna Award in 1999, the Khel Ratna Award (highest sporting honor in India) in 2001, the Dronacharya Award in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan – India's third highest civilian award – in 2014.[7][8] He is the only Indian coach to win the "Honorable Mention" by the International Olympic Committee at the 2019 Coaches Lifetime Achievement Awards.[9]
Early life
Pullela Gopichand was born on 16 November 1973 near Chirala Town to Pullela Subash Chandra and Pullela Subbaravamma, in Prakasam district, Andhra Pra
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