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P Gopichand

Mr. Pullella Gopichand was born on 16 th November 1973, Nagandlam of Prakasham district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Father: Pullella Subhash Chandra Mother: subbaravamma He is an 5 times national badminton champion of India from 1996 to 2000. He won All England Badminton Championship in 2001. 3 times he represented India in Thomas cup tournament. He won SAARC badminton gold medal in 1996. P Gopichand was honored with      Arjuna award in 1999 Khel Rajiv Gandhi Ratna Award 2001. Padmashri in 2005 and Dronacharya award He is the man who changed his passion from cricket to badminton. He created a niche for himself and for Indian badminton in the world badminton arena. In Olympic he was trainer of the Indian badminton contingent and he was the beside the players. He was holding a notebook/logbook/diary/ in his hand. Every time break was taken during the match, he guided the players. He coached them on field how to play, he taught the tactics to overcome the o