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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 · Learn about P.T. Usha, the legendary former Indian sprinter who won four gold medals at the 1986 Asian Games and became the first woman President of the Indian Olympic Association. Find out her records, education, medals, age, family and other details.
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- GVHSS (Sports) Kannur
- June 27, 1964
- Pilavullakandi Thekkeraparambil Usha
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.
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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.
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.
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Aug 18, 2020 · PT Usha is a legendary Indian sprinter who won over a hundred international medals and set several national records. She was the first Indian woman to compete in the 400m hurdles at the Olympics and narrowly missed a bronze in Los Angeles 1984.
258K views 5 years ago. 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...
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