1st Indian coach to be honoured with this lifetime achivement award by IOC.




The chief national coach for the Indian Badminton team Pullela Gopichand honour with Coaches lifetime achievement award by International Olympic Committee(IOC).

He is the 1st Indian Coach to be Honoured with this Lifetime award by the Olympic Committee.
Gopichand is a former Indian Badminton  player, he founded the Gopichand Badminton Academy in 2008.

Where he trained,players like Saina Nehwal(Bronze medalist in 2012 summer Olympics), PV Sindhu,  Parupalli Kashyap, Srikanth Kidambi etc.

Gopichand had received Government of India's Arjuna award(1999), Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratna (2001),Padma shri(2005),Dronacharya award(2009) and Padma Bhusan(2004).




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