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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.
Nov 28, 2022 · P.T. Usha, a legendary former Indian Sprinter is set to become the first Woman President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Check P.T. Usha's records, education, medals, age, family,...
Jun 27, 2023 · In 2021, a case was filed by the Kozhikode Police in Kerala against P. T. Usha and six other members of a construction company under IPC Section 420 (cheating and dishonesty). The complaint was filed in the Vellayil Police Station by the former Indian athlete Jemma Joseph for cheating her.
Jun 27, 2019 · The name PT Usha brings up many memories and a surge of pride among Indians. Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha, or PT Usha as she was fondly called, was the toast of Indian athletics...
Renowned athletics coach O.M Nambiar, who nurtured one of India's greatest track and field stars PT Usha, died on Thursday due to age-related illness. He was 89. PT Usha with her coach...
PT Usha continued to dominate state and national meets and at 16 years old, became the then youngest sprinter to represent India at the Olympics, when she was included in the contingent for the 1980 Games in Moscow.
3 days ago · Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha, lovingly known as P.T. Usha, emerged from humble beginnings to etch her name in the annals of Indian sports history. Discovery of ‘Payyoli express’. It was ...
May 27, 2024 · PT Usha was born on June twenty seven, 1964, to a humble family within the city of Payyoli, in Calicut, Kerala, where she grew up to become one of the foremost legendary feminine track and field athletes of all time. Her full name is Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha.
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’.
Usha held the Asian and national records in the women’s 100m, 200m, 400m and 400m hurdles sprint events. Though most have already been bettered over the years, PT Usha’s personal best of 55.42s, clocked at the LA 1984 Olympics, still stands as India’s national record in women’s 400m hurdles.
