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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,...
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 · 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. Later, she became active as a coach and member of sports administration and was nominated as a Rajya Sabha MP in 2022 by the central government.
PT Usha: The 'Golden Girl' of Indian athletics - medals and records. PT Usha, who missed an Olympic medal by a whisker, is one of the most decorated athletes in Indian history. The Kerala sprinter was coached by the famous OM Nambiar.
Jun 27, 2019 · Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha, or PT Usha as she was fondly called, was the toast of Indian athletics throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Who can forget her spectacular performance in the...
P.T. Usha was named sportsperson of the century and the sports woman of the Millennium by the Indian Olympic Association, and is still the Indian with most international track and field medals. She retired in the year 2000, with a promise to groom bright young talents in her sports School in Kerala.
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’.
Daughter of EPM Paithal and TV Lakshmi, Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha was born on June 27, 1964, in Koothali in Kozhikode, Kerala. She was brought up in Thrikottur, and later lived in...
Usha School, was incepted in Koyilandi near Kozhikode on rented premises with twelve students. The students live and train under the guidance of P.T. Usha from day one based on a pre-planned time schedule in the school. At present the school coaches 16 trainees — all girls.
