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Pullela Gopichand honoured with lifetime achievement award by IOC

The Chief National coach for the Indian Badminton team Pullela Gopichand honour with Coaches lifetime achievement award by International Olympic Committee’s (IOC). He is the 1st Indian coach to be Honoured with this Lifetime award by the Olympics 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), P.V. Sindhu, Parupalli Kashyap, Srikanth Kidambi and etc. Gopichand had received Government of India’s Arjuna award (1999), Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (2001), Padma Shri (2005), Dronacharya award (2009) and Padma Bhushan (2014).

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

International Olympic Committee Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland.
International Olympic Committee President: Thomas Bach.
International Olympic Committee Director General(DG): Christophe De Kepper.
International Olympic Committee Founded: 1894 in Paris, France.

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