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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 ...
P. T. Usha (Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha; * 27. Juni 1964 in Payyoli, Kozhikode, Kerala) ist eine ehemalige indische Leichtathletin, die als Sprinterin viermal Asienmeisterin geworden ist. Während ihrer aktiven Zeit als Sprinterin wurde sie von ihren Fans Payyoli Express, Udanpari oder auch Golden Girl genannt.
Long after her successful career as an athlete, PT Usha was elected as the president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in 2022 at the age of 58. She is the first woman president of the IOA in its 95-year history and the first Olympian appointed as IOA president.
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’.
9. Mai 2023 · 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. With a cabinet full of international medals and accolades, PT Usha is a bonafide Indian track and field legend.
11. Dez. 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.
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. She was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1983 and ...
