Abhinn Shyam Gupta | |
Birth Date: | 1979 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Height: | 1.73 m |
Weight: | 68 kg |
Event: | Men's singles |
Country: | India |
Handedness: | Right |
Bwf Id: | 5B80158B-2B4E-4628-B93E-A29C4F6E50CE |
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).
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.
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).
2004 | Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan | Chetan Anand | 8–15, 15–10, 13–15 | Silver |
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 |