Abhinn Shyam Gupta

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. 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. He had been coached by Malik Shamim Sultan.

Gupta received Arjuna Award for his contribution to the Indian badminton. 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 Casper Lund 16–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

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 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