Pullela Gopichand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nagandla, Andhra Pradesh, India | 16 November 1973|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's Singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 5[2] (15 March 2001) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
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]