Abhinn Shyam Gupta

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.[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.

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting the Arjuna Award for 2004 to Abhinn Shyam Gupta for Badminton in 2005

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 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

Major International Achievements
  • First Individual Olympian of indoor games from Uttar Pradesh.
  • Silver Medal in Prince Asian Invitation Tournament held in Hong Kong (Twice)1996, 1997.
  • Gold Medal in “World Airlines Championship” held in Mauritius 1997.
  • Silver Medal in Australian open 1999.
  • Gold Medal in SAARC Badminton Tournament 1997, Sri Lanka.
  • Silver Medal in “Commonwealth Games” 1998 Malaysia.
  • “Thomas Cup” 2000 New Delhi (In this prestigious tournament, won all the singles matches and helped India to attain status of 6 top teams of world after a long gap of 12 years).
  • "Asia Cup" 2000 as captain of Indian Team at Vietnam.
  • Winner in “French Open” 2001, Paris.
  • Winner in “Asian Satellite Tournament” held in Mumbai 2002.
  • “SAF Games” 2004, Gold medal in Team event & Silver medal in individual event.
  • Winner in Mauritius Open-2004 & Winner in Kenya Open-2005.
  • Federation cup Saudi Arabia Men Doubles winner and men single runner up.
  • U.A.E. Open Badminton Tournament Dubai, Men Doubles Winner and men single runner up.
  • Extended Reigning World Champion Sun Jun of China, Huryanto Arbi of Indonesia And Lin Don of China in three games and created flutter by defeating former world no.-1 Roslin Hasim of Malaysia in German Open- 2003
  • In 2012, Olympian Silver Medalist P.V.V. Sindhu won gold medal in Korean Asian Championship under the able guidance of Coach Abhinn Shyam Gupta.

Major National Achievements
  • Helped U.P. State team in winning gold medal in National Team Championship Held at Lucknow 1994 after a long gap of 36 years.
  • Helped Allahabad University in winning gold medal in All India Inter- University Badminton Tournament Held at Amritsar in 1996 after 36 years.
  • “National Champion” Jan 2002 held at Lucknow, U.P.
  • “National Champion” Feb 2003 held at Assam.
  • Helped (as a captain) U.P. Badminton team in winning “Gold Medal” in 2001 in National Games held at Jalandhar.
  • National Games, 2002 Hyderabad - Runners up.
  • Runners up in Senior National Champion-3 times in 1998, 2000 & 2005.
  • Four times individual Winner in P.S.P.B. Badminton Tournament held at Guwahati 1999, Pune 2001, Assam 2003 and New Delhi 2004.
  • Helped P.S.P.B. team in winning Gold medals 5 times i.e. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 in Senior National Team championship.
  • Limca Book Recorder Holder 2004 (First Shuttler of India who become National Champion in all the categories i.e. Mini, Sub-Junior, Junior (Twice) and Senior Twice.
  • According to National Coach Mohd. Arif “ अभिन्न श्याम गुप्ता राष्ट्रीय धरोहर हैं ” Dated 12-02-1994.
  • According to World Champion Prakash Padukone “ उत्तर प्रदेश का बाल खिलाडी अभिन्न श्याम गुप्ता सुरक्षात्मक खेल का अच्छा खिलाड़ी है ” Dated : 10-02-1994.
  • According to Sanjay Sharma (Ex Thomas Player & Sports Editor) “ Abhinn Shyam Gupta is a man of great silence. He can spend hour in any hotel without saying a word. His rackets does the talking for him, yet there is no mistaking that he is no ordinary person, definitely no ordinary shuttler ”.
  • According to Gopichand ( A legend Player) who has played with Abhinn all over the world said about him, "Abhinn has been one of the most consistent performers for India, Every player in the world knows him and somehow afraid to play with him.”
  • Virendra Singh (Scholar of Aligarh University) did his research work on Abhinn Shyam Gupta.

International Tours (as a member of Indian Badminton Team)

He has visited many countries such as England, France, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Iran, Singapore, Philippines, Korea, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Australia, China, Teipe Kenya, Spain, Mauritius, Saudi Arab, Dubai etc. as a member of Indian Badminton Team.

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
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