Abhinn Shyam Gupta (born 22 October 1979 in

Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the admin ...

) is a male

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player from

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. Presently he lives in City of

and is a former national champion in singles. Gupta played

badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from 14 August through 21 August. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed d ...

in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to

Park Tae-sang Park Tae-sang (Hangul: 박태상; born June 20, 1979) is a retired South Korean professional badminton player. After retiring as a badminton player, he decided to become a coach, starting his career with South Korean national team. Career 2004 ...

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. He had been coached by Malik Shamim Sultan. Gupta received

Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, on ...

for his contribution to the Indian badminton.List of Arjuna Awardees
/ref> He is also a proud recipient of Honoured Birla Award (1996), Laxman Award (2000) and Yash Bharti Award (2015).

Education and profession

Abhinn is graduate in B.Com. from Allahabad University, Allahabad. Currently, he is employed with Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Allahabad as a Sr. Manager.

Records

Abhinn is a Limca book record holder in 2004. He is the first shuttler of India who becomes national champion in all the categories viz., mini, sub-junior, junior (twice), and senior (twice).

Major participation

*Common Wealth Games-Kualalampur – 1998 *World Championship-Copenhagen – 1999 *French Super Series 2001 - Winner *Seville – 2001 *Manchester – 2002 *Asian Games-Busan – 2002 *Birmingham – 2003 *World Olympics-Athens Olympic – 2004 *U.S.A. (Qualified for the World Championship) – 2005

Achievements

South Asian Games

IBF International

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gupta, Abhinn Shyam 1979 births Living people Indian male badminton players Indian national badminton champions Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Racket sportspeople from Uttar Pradesh Recipients of the Arjuna Award Sportspeople from Allahabad Asian Games competitors for India Olympic badminton players of India South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games silver medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in badminton Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games