Abhinn Shyam Gupta

Abhinn Shyam Gupta
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(1979-10-22) 22 October 1979 (age 45) Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Men's singles
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  India Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's team South Asian Games 2004 Islamabad Men's team 2004 Islamabad Men's singles
BWF profile

Abhinn Shyam Gupta (born 22 October 1979 in Allahabad) is an Indian former badminton player. Presently he lives in City of Allahabad and is a former national champion in singles.[1] 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.[2] He had been coached by Malik Shamim Sultan.

Gupta received Arjuna Award for his contribution to the Indian badminton.[3] He is also a proud recipient of Honoured Birla Award (1996), Laxman Award (2000) and Yash Bharti Award (2015).

Education and profession

Abhinn is a 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 was the 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

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan	Chetan Anand	8–15, 15–10, 13–15	Silver

IBF International

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Australia International	Rio Suryana	6–15, 6–15	Runner-up
2001	French International	Xie Yangchun	7–1, 7–3, 7–3	Winner
2002	India Satellite	Jakrapan Thanathiratham	15–4, 6–15, 15–4	Winner
2004	Mauritius International	Nikhil Kanetkar	17–16, 15–8	Winner
2005	Kenya International	Aamir Ghaffar	15–7, 15–11	Winner

References

1. "Abinn Shyam Gupta lives up to his top billing". Sportstar. 14 September 2002. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Abhinn Shyam Gupta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
3. List of Arjuna Awardees

External links

• Abhinn Shyam Gupta at BWFBadminton.com
• Abhinn Shyam Gupta at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link) (archived)
• Abhinn Shyam Gupta at Olympics.com
• Abhinn Shyam Gupta at Olympedia (archive)
• Abhinshyam Gupta at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)