Pullela Gopichand was born on 16 November 1973 and is a former Indian badminton player.
11 Facts About Pullela Gopichand
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Pullela Gopichand won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001, becoming the second Indian to achieve this feat after Prakash Padukone.
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Pullela Gopichand was born on 16 November 1973 near Chirala Town to Mr Pullela Subash Chandra and Mrs Pullela Subbaravamma, in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.
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Pullela Gopichand did his schooling in St Paul's High School, Hyderabad.
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Pullela Gopichand was the captain of the Indian combined universities badminton team in 1990 and 1991.
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Pullela Gopichand trained under Ganguly Prasad at the SAI Bangalore.
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Pullela Gopichand won two gold medals and one silver medal at the Indian national games, 1998, held at Imphal.
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Pullela Gopichand emerged as the winner at the Asian satellite tournament held at Hyderabad in the same year, and lost in the final match of the German Grand Prix Championship.
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Pullela Gopichand defeated then world number one Peter Gade in the semi-finals before defeating Chen Hong of China to lift the trophy.
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Pullela Gopichand became the second Indian to achieve the feat after Prakash Padukone, who won in 1980.
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Pullela Gopichand served as the official Indian Olympic Badminton Team coach at the 2016 Rio Olympics held in Brazil.