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write a biographical sketch about PT Usha

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Answered by Akhilrajput1
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P.T. Usha (Pilavullakandi Thekkeparampil Usha) or ” Payolli Express” as she was popularly known was the reigning queen of Indian track and field for two decades. This “Golden Girl” was born on June 27, 1964 in a village called Koothali near Perambra in Kozhikode district of Kerala. She was interested in sports right from her childhood days.

In 1976 the Kerala Government started a Sports division for women in Kannur, where Usha started practicing under coach O.M Nambiar. Her march to fame started in 1979, when she won the individual championship at the National School Games. In 1980, in her first international meet, she won 4 gold medals for India. Her biggest moment came when in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics she missed the bronze medal in the 400m finals by 1/100th of a second.

In 1985 she won 5 gold medals and 1 bronze medal at the Asian track and field championship in Jakarta, Indonesia. At the Seoul Asian Games, Usha won gold medals in the 200 m, 400 m, 400 m hurdles and 4x400m relay categories. At the Beijing Asian Games, she won 3 silver medals for India. In 1991, she married V. Srinivasan. After the birth of her son, she came back to athletics and won bronze medals in the 200 m and 400 m at the Asian Track Federation meet at Fukuoka in Japan in 1998. She retired from athletics in the year 2000 and set up her sports academy in Kerala.

She was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1983 and the Padma Shree in 1985.

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Answered by steffiaspinno
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Payyoli Tevaraparampil Usha was brought into the world in a helpless family in Meladi-Payyoli town, close to Calicut (Kozhikode), Kerala on June 27, 1964, Kerala

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Payyoli Tevaraparampil Usha was brought into the world in a helpless family in Meladi-Payyoli town, close to Calicut (Kozhikode), Kerala on June 27, 1964, Kerala. Usha needed to confront medical affliction and neediness as a youngster. The initials in Usha's name represent Payyoli Tevaraparampil, her family names, as per the customary naming framework in South India. Usha started her worldwide transporter at the Moscow Olympics in 1980 however she demonstrated her genuine backbone in the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, winning the silver in the 100 m and 200 m occasion. The Jakarta Asian Meet in 1985 Usha raised her to the place of the run sovereign as she won five gold awards (in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 400m obstacles, and the 4x400m hand-off) and a bronze in the 100m hand-off.

The Seoul Asian games demonstrated what tops off an already good thing her games transporter, where Usha indented up four Gold awards and silver. In 1991, Usha wedded V. Srinivasan and brought forth a child, Ujjwal. Afterward, P.T Usha began a games school at Koyilandi close to Kozhikode, Kerala to grant preparation to young ladies from everywhere the country. This school initiates kids in the 10-12 age bunch.

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