Indian badminton player

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Abhinn Shyam Gupta (born 22 October 1979 in Allahabad) is a male badminton player from India. Presently he lives in City of Allahabad and is a former national champion in singles. Gupta played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Park Tae-sang of South Korea. He had been coached by Malik Shamim Sultan.

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

Contents

• 1 Education and profession
• 2 Records
• 3 Major participation
• 4 Achievements
  • 4.1 South Asian Games
  • 4.2 IBF International
• 5 References
• 6 External links

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

External links

• Abhinn Shyam Gupta at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Abhinn Shyam Gupta at BWFbadminton.com
• Abhinn Shyam Gupta at Olympics.com
• Abhinn Shyam Gupta at Olympedia
• Abhinn Shyam Gupta at the Commonwealth Games Federation