Background
Pullela Gopichand was born on 16 November 1973 to Pullela Subash Chandra and Subbaravamma at Nagandla, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.
Pullela Gopichand was born on 16 November 1973 to Pullela Subash Chandra and Subbaravamma at Nagandla, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.
He did his schooling from Street.Paul"s High School, Hyderguda, Hyderabad.He joined A. V. College, Hyderabad and graduated in public administration.
He runs the Gopichand Badminton Academy. He was the captain of the Indian combined universities badminton team in 1990 and 1991. Gopichand was coached by South. M. Arif before Prakash Padukone accepted him at Prakash Padukone academy.
He also trained under Ganguly Prasad at the SAI Bangalore.
At the international level, he represented India in 3 Thomas Cup tournaments. He defeated then world number one Peter Gade in the semi finals before defeating Chen Hong of China to lift the trophy.
Individual titles (5) World Grand Prix event Individual runners-up (3) World Grand Prix event Gopichand founded the Gopichand badminton academy, a badminton training facility in Hyderabad, India. The facility trains several Indian badminton players including Saina Nehwal, Srikanth Kidambi, Parupalli Kashyap, P. V. Sindhu, Gurusai Datt and Tarun Kona.