Pullela Gopichand (English: Pullela Gopichand, born: 16 November, 1973) is a famous Indian badminton player. On March 11, 2001, India’s star shuttler Pullela Gopichand wrote a new history in the Indian sports world by winning the All England Badminton Championship. 21 years before him, Prakash Padukone had touched the heights of badminton in India.\
Gopichand’s early education took place at St. Paul’s School, Hyderabad and he passed his graduation examination from AV College. She then obtained a degree in Public Administration. Pullela won her first match at the age of 12 in the ‘National Talent Search Program’ held in Delhi. Then he did not look back.
Pullela Gopichand started playing for the country in 1991 when he was selected to play against Malaysia. After that, he has represented India in the ‘Thomas Cup’ thrice (1998-2000) and has participated in the World Championship several times. He has made India proud by winning many tournaments. He won gold medals in the SAARC tournament in Vijayawada in 1996 and in Colombo in 1997. Won silver and bronze medals for India amidst tough competition in the Commonwealth Games. In 1997, he was highly praised in the ‘Grand Prix’ matches of Delhi when he entered the finals by defeating many good players. Although he lost in the finals. Only Pullela Gopichand’s name was among the Indian players for badminton in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. After the retirement of Prakash Padukone, there was no good badminton player left in India, then Pullela arrived and showed immense potential. Therefore, after Prakash Padukone, the badminton player who has come forward to shine is Pullela Gopichand. Apart from being talented, she is also beautiful and attractive to look at.
In the year 2000, when Gopichand reached the final of the Thomas Cup, it seemed that India had started moving forward in sports. Then when Gopichand won the All England title in 2001, it seemed as if we had found a ladder to reach the moon. Then 6 of our players were included in the top 100 players of the world but now only 3 Indian players are in those top 100 players. In 2001, Gopichand was world no. Had become 4th player.
On March 11, 2001, India’s star shuttler Pullela Gopichand wrote a new history in the Indian sports world by winning the All England Badminton Championship. 21 years before this, Prakash Padukone had touched the heights of badminton in India. It was like a dream to defeat the gold medalist of the last Olympics and the world No. 1 player in the quarter-finals and then the semi-finals of the World Badminton Championship and then win by defeating him in the finals as well, as it often happens with heroes in Indian films, but Gopichand Did it in real life.