# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pullela-gopichand
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:01:28.575Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/pullela-gopichand"
name: "Pullela Gopichand"
slug: "pullela-gopichand"
description: "Pullela Gopichand is an Indian former badminton player. Currently, he is the Chief National Coach for the India national badminton team. He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001, becoming the second Indian to achieve this feat after Prakash Padukone. He runs the Gopichand Badminton Academy. He received the Arjuna Award in 1999, the Khel Ratna Award in 2001, the Dronacharya Award in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan – India's third highest civilian award – in 2014. He is the only Indian coach to win the \"Honorable Mention\" by the International Olympic Committee at the 2019 Coaches Lifetime Achievement Awards."
tagline: "Badminton player and trainer"
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birthDate: "1973-11-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump