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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.
May 9, 2023 · PT Usha won her first international medal during the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi where she clinched silver medals in the 100m and 200m events. Since then, PT Usha went on to win 11 medals at the Asian Games - four gold and seven silver.
Aug 7, 2020 · After some tense moments, PT Usha found out that Cristieana Cojocaru of Romania had beaten her to the 400m hurdles bronze by 1/100th of a second. Build-up to the 1984 Olympics. After an appearance at the Moscow 1980 Olympics, PT Usha made waves at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi with silver medals in the 100m and the 200m races.
6 days ago · She is the youngest Indian sprinter, at 16, to compete in the Olympics at the 1980 Moscow Games and won the first medal of the 1982 Asian Games in track and field. Overall, she participated in three Olympic Games – 1980, 1984 and 1988. The ‘Payyoli Express’ was a member of India’s 4x 400m relay squad in the 1996 Olympic Games, but did not compete.
From her travel travails in Pakistan as a teenager to why she was terrified of running against the Russians as a 16-year-old at the Moscow Olympics and the heartbreak at the 1984 Games where she...
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.
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...
