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Adding local short description: "Indian volleyball player", overriding Wikidata description "Volleyball player from India" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{short description|Indian volleyball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2009}}

{{Infobox model
| name = Gopal Tilkam
| image = Thathaiya.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|8|20|df=y}}
| spouse = Smt. Devaki Tilkam
| website = http://tilkamgopal.webs.com/
}}

'''T. Gopal (Gopal Tilkam)''' (born 20 August 1941) is a former [[volleyball]] player from [[India]]. He captained the [[India men's national volleyball team|India national team]] at the [[1966 Asian Games]].<ref>{{cite journal |year=1970 |journal=Link |publisher=United India Periodicals |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=35 |issn=0459-469X }}</ref>

==Overview==

In the Inter-Civil Services All India Tournaments, Gopal represented the Andhra Pradesh Civil Service volleyball team:

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Year
! Place of tournament
! Rank
|-
|1967
|Nagapur
| Winners
|-
| 1968
| Madras
| Winners
|-
| 1969
| Jaipur
|Runners-up
|-
| 1970
| Ahemabad
| Winners
|}

At the All India Inter Departmental Nationals, he represented the Andhra Pradesh Police Team:
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Year
! Rank
|-
|1967
| Winners
|-
| 1968
| Winners
|-
| 1969
|Winners *
|-
| 1970
| Winners *
|}

* means Gopal was captain of the Andhra Pradesh Police Team
At the All India Inter-Police Meets, he represented the Andhra Pradesh Police Team and helped the team to the following results:
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Year
! Rank
|-
|1960
| Winners
|-
| 1961
| Winners
|-
| 1962
|Runners-up
|-
| 1963
| Winners
|-
|1964
| Runners-up
|-
| 1965
| Runners-up
|-
| 1965
|Runners-up
|-
| 1966
| Runners-up
|-
|1967
| Runners-up
|-
| 1968
| Runners-up
|-
| 1969
|Runners-up
|-
| 1970
|Third place
|}

At the National Volleyball Championship, he represented Andhra Pradesh:
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Year
! Place of tournament
! Rank
|-
|1958–59
|Jamshedpur
|Selected to play
|-
| 1960–61
| Madras
| Selected to play
|-
| 1970–71
| Delhi
|Selected to play
|-
| 1971–72
| Jabalpur
| Selected to play
|-
|1972–73
|Allahabad
|Reached semi-final
|-
| 1973–74
| Gwalior
|Reached semi-final
|-
| 1974–75
| 1.) Madras
2.) Bangalore
|1.)South Zone Championships
2.)Winners of Nationals
|-
| 1975–76 and 1976–77
| Hyderabad
|South Zone Winners
|-
| 1977–78
| Calcutta Zonal
|Winners
|-
| 1978–79
| Trivandrum
|Runners-up
|-
| 1979–80
| Udaipur
|Selected to play
|-
| 1980–81
| Gauhati
|Selected to play
|}

==International matches==
Gopal competed in the following international competitions:
*Represented the Indian volleyball team in the Inter-National Matches.
*1961 – Represented India in the test match against the visiting Japanese team held at Calcutta.
*1962 – Was a member of the Indian volleyball team which participated in the [[1962 Asian Games|Asian Games]] at Jakarta and received a silver medal.
*1963 – Was a member of the Indian volleyball team which toured the USSR. The team won against the Romanian team, who were European champions.
*1964 – Was a member of the Indian volleyball team which participated in the Olympics at Delhi in which all the Asian countries participated and won the bronze medal.
*1965 – Was a captain of the Indian volleyball team which played five test matches against the visiting USSR team. The tests were played at Delhi, Bhilai, Rowa, Calcutta, and Cuttack.
*1965 – The Indian team also played two unofficial matches against the Russian team at Balaghat and Allahabad. Gopal was captain of the team in these matches.
*1966 – Captain of the Indian volleyball team which participated in the [[1966 Asian Games|Asian Games]] at Bangkok.
*1967 – Captain of the Indian team against the visiting Ceylonese volleyball team. The test matches were held at Calcutta and Dalmianagar.
*1970 – Member of the Indian team which played five test matches against the visiting [[University of Paris|Paris University]] team. (The Paris University team contained six players who represented the [[France men's national volleyball team|French volleyball team]]) The tests were played at Hyderabad, Trivandrum, Jamshedpur, Udaipur, and Bombay. Gopal was captain of the Indian team at Hyderabad.

===Post-playing career===
After his playing career ended, Gopal did the following:
*1981 – Attended International Referee's Course at London (UK) and official matches at the [[Commonwealth Games]] in Nottingham.
*1982 – Officiated international matches in [[1982 Asian Games|9th Asian Games]] held at [[New Delhi]].
*1983 – Officiated test matches between India and USSR in India.
*1990 – Visited as a Chief-De-Mission of the Andhra Pradesh team which participated in the international tournament held at Perth, Australia and won third place.
*1991 – Visited as Chief-De-Mission of the Indian junior team which participated in the 5th Indian Asian Games held at Bangkok.
*Senior Vice President of Andhra Pradesh Volleyball Association and retired at the Police Department as a Superintendent of Police, Intelligence.

==Awards==
*Uttam Seva Patkam
*Mahonnatha Seva Patkam 15 August 1999
*Indian Police Medal
*Was awarded a plaque by Sri. [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]], [[Vice-President of India]], at New Delhi in 1961 during the National Games.
*Received Bronze Medal from Sri. [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]], [[President of India]], in Pre-Olympic Games held at New Delhi in 1964.
*Received a memento from President [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]] in July 1979.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links ==
* http://tilkamgopal.webs.com/

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[[Category:Indian men's volleyball players]]
[[Category:1941 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Volleyball players from Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in volleyball]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1962 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1966 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]

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