Gayatri Gopichand is an Indian badminton player, best known for being the daughter of the famous Indian badminton player Pulela Gopichand.
Wiki/Biography
Gayatri Gopichand Pullela was born on Tuesday, March 4, 2003, in Hyderabad, Telangana (age 19; as of 2022). Her zodiac sign is Pisces. She attended Glendale College in Hyderabad. At the age of 7, she started badminton training under the guidance of her parents.
Gayatri Gopichand’s childhood photos with parents and brother
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′6″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Her father, Prela Gopichand, is a famous Indian badminton player and the chief coach of the Indian national badminton team. His mother PVV Lakshmi is a former badminton player. Her younger brother Sai Vishnu Pullela is also a badminton player.
Gayatri Gopichand and her parents
Gayatri Gopichand with her parents and brother
other relatives)
Her grandfather’s name was Pullela Subash Chandra and her grandmother’s name was Pullela Subbaravamma.
Profession
Gayatri started playing in women’s singles and doubles categories in various badminton tournaments at a very young age. When she was around 15 years old, she became India’s number one. Ranked 1st in the “Under 17 age group”. Subsequently, she participated in badminton competitions at the Asian Games in Jakarta (2018) and the South Asian Games in Nepal (2019). At her father’s badminton academy ‘Pulela Gopichand Badminton Academy’ in Hyderabad, her coach Arun Vishnu paired her with Teresa Jolly (a badminton player) in the women’s doubles. The duo performed in many national and international competitions. The pair was successful and they won several women’s doubles medals for India.
Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly
Some of the competitions she has participated in are:
- 2022: Yonex Sunrise India Open
- 2022: Perodua Malaysia Masters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- 2022: Totalenergies BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2022: Yonex Swiss Open, Basel, Switzerland
- 2022: Yonex All England Badminton Open, Birmingham, UK
- 2022: Yonex advances to German Open, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- 2022: Odisha Open, Cuttack, India
- 2022: Syed Modi India International, Lucknow, India
- 2022: Yonex Sunrise India Open, New Delhi, India
dispute
Accused of nepotism
In the early years of her career, she competed in women’s doubles with Indian badminton player Vaishnavi. In 2018, Vaishnavi’s parents accused Gayatri and her father of nepotism and said that Pulela chose his daughter over Vaishnavi only because of Vaishnavi’s ability to defeat Gayatri. Several other badminton players later accused Prela of favoritism.
medal
gold
- 2018: Kerala Junior State Junior Ranking Badminton Championships
- 2021: Infosys International Challenge
- 2021: Treesa Jolly at India International Challenge (Women’s Doubles)
Gayatri Gopichand wins India International Challenge 2021 with Treesa Jolly
- 2022: Treesa Jolly at Super 100 Odisha Open (Women’s Doubles)
silver
- 2019: BWF International Challenge/Nepal International Series (Women’s Singles)
- 2019: South Asian Games (Women’s Singles), Badminton Hall, Pokhara, Nepal
- 2021: Poland International (Women’s Doubles) with Treesa Jolly
- 2021: India International Challenge (Mixed Doubles) with K. Sai Pratheek
- 2021: Wales International (Women’s Doubles) with Treesa Jolly
- 2022: Syed Modi International (Women’s Doubles) Super 300 with Teresa Jolly
Favorites
- Badminton players: Chen Long, Tai Tzu Ying, Kento Momomoto
Facts/Trivia
- Whenever she has free time during training sessions, Gayatri enjoys listening to music, singing, dancing and watching Hindi and English movies.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education