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Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha (born 27 June 1964) is an Indian sports administrator and retired track and field athlete. Usha was born in Koothali near Perambra in Kozhikode district, Kerala. She grew up in Payyoli. Usha has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979. She has won 4 gold medals and 7 silver medals in the Asian Games ...
पी॰ टी॰ उषा का जन्म केरल के कोज़िकोड जिले के पय्योली ग्राम में हुआ था। १९७६ में केरल राज्य सरकार ने महिलाओं के लिए एक खेल विद्यालय ...
Jun 27, 2023 · P. T. Usha is an Indian athlete, who retired from all competitive athletic events in 2000. She is also known as Payyoli Express, Udanpari, Asian Sprint Queen, Running Machine, and Golden Girl of India. [1] . She is also a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha. In November 2022, she became the President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). [2]
Biography. PT Usha - Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha to use her full name - is one of India's greatest athletes, often called the country's "queen of track and field". A graceful sprinter with long strides, she dominated Asian track-and-field events for most of the 1980s, winning 23 medals in all, 14 of which were gold.
Dec 11, 2022 · Former Indian athlete PT Usha became the new chief of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Saturday (December 10), as well as its first woman president. The 58-year-old Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha – for short – is recognised as a phenom in Indian athletics and came onto the scene during the 1980s.
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Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha, or PT Usha, is, perhaps, best known for her incredible run at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games. As agonising as missing out on an Olympic medal by a mere 1/100th of a second was, LA is often considered the coronation of India’s ‘queen of the track and field’.
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Jul 27, 2020 · PT Usha recalls her record-setting Olympic debut at Moscow 1980. PT Usha on why her Olympic debut put her back to primary school. PT Usha made her Olympics debut at the age of 16 in Moscow. She finished sixth in the 100m, 200m heats. 3 min By Rahul Venkat 27 July 2020 04:29 GMT-7.
