Abhinn Shyam Gupta

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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

World Senior Championships

Men's singles

Year Age Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2025 45+ Eastern National Sports Training Centre,
Pattaya, Thailand
Template:Flagicon Casper Lund 16–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze [4]

South Asian Games

Men's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2004 Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan Template:Flagicon Chetan Anand 8–15, 15–10, 13–15 Silver Silver

IBF International

Men's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1999 Australia International Template:Flagicon Rio Suryana 6–15, 6–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2001 French International Template:Flagicon Xie Yangchun 7–1, 7–3, 7–3 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2002 India Satellite Template:Flagicon Jakrapan Thanathiratham 15–4, 6–15, 15–4 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2004 Mauritius International Template:Flagicon Nikhil Kanetkar 17–16, 15–8 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2005 Kenya International Template:Flagicon Aamir Ghaffar 15–7, 15–11 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner

References

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