P T Usha

1. Payyoli Tevaraparampil Usha was born in a poor family in Meladi Payyoli village, near Calicut (Kozhikode), Kerala on June 27, 1964 Kerala. Usha had to face ill health and poverty as a young girl. The initials in Ushas name stand for Payyoli Tevaraparampil, her family names, according to the traditional naming system in South India. Usha began her international carrier at the Moscow Olympics in 1980 but she proved her real mettle in the 1982 Asian .....

Achievements And Accolades

2. Through out her illustrious carrier, Usha won many national as well as international awards. P. T. Usha has won 33 international medals including 13 Gold medals in the Asian Games and Asian Championships. In all, Usha has won thirty International Awards, for her excellence in Athletics. P. T. Usha received the Arjuna Award in 1984. The next year she was adjudged the best women athlete the Jakarta Asian Athlete Meet. She was also awarded the Padma .....

Turning Point

3. As a child Usha showed an early aptitude for sports. This won her a scholarship of Rs. 250 from the Kerala government and led Usha to a special sports school at Cannore. In 1979 Usha participated in the National School Games. It was here that O. M. Nambiar (who coached her throughout most of her career) spotted her. He realized that this girl had a great potential. This proved the turning point of her illustrious carrier. .....

Ups And Downs

4. The illustrious carrier of P.T Usha speaks for itself. She has been the finest women athlete India has ever produced. Throughout her carrier Usha never looked back. In fact, at one point of time she returned back to track after a gap of 4 years and won a silver medal at the Hiroshima Asiad! But the greatest disappointment came at the Los Angeles Olympics, where Usha missed the bronze medal by just 1 100th of a second. This was a heart break for t .....

Disappointment

5. I had so much of talent but I lacked the right exposure at the right time. If I had participated in meets abroad regularly, I could have performed so much better. .....

Facts

6. Was named Usha by her maternal grandfather.First Keralite and first Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event.Youngest Indian sprinter to compete in the quadrennial sporting extravaganza in Moscow Olympics at the age 16.Her effort of 55.54 seconds in LosAngeles was a record since this was the first time, 400m hurdles was conducted in the womens section.1In 982 Delhi Asiad won the first medal of the games.Has participated in Olympic gam .....

Career

7. In 1979 P. T. Usha participated in the National School Games, where she was noticed by O. M. Nambiar, who coached her throughout her career. Her debut in the 1980 Moscow Olympics proved lacklustre. In the 1982 New Delhi Asiad, she got the silver medal in the 100m and the 200m, but at the Asian Track and Field Championship in Kuwait a year later, Usha took the gold in the 400m with a new Asian record[citation needed] . From 198389, Usha garnered 1 .....

Awards and honours

8. Recipient of the Arjuna Award, 1984Padma Shri, 1984Greatest woman athlete, 1985 Jakarta Asian Athletic MeetBest Athlete in Asia Award, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1989World Trophy for best Athlete, 1985, 1986Adidas Golden Shoe award for the best athlete, 1986 Seoul Asian GamesKerala Sports Journalists Award, 1999Thirty international awards for her excellence in athletics.To commemorate her excellent services to the nation through her consistent an .....

Early Life

9. She was born on the 27th of June 1964 at Payyoli, a village located in District Payyoli of Kerala to E.P.M. Paithal and T.V. Lakshmi. Usha was affected by ill health in her early childhood days, but displayed the signs of a great Athlete right in her primary school days. .....

Beginning of Athletic Career

10. The Kerala State Government began a Sports Division for Women at Kannur in the year 1976, and 12 year old P.T. Usha was one among the 40 girls who began their training under O.M. Nambiar, the Coach at the division. She first came into limelight in the year 1979 when at National School Games, she won the individual championship. .....

International Athletics

11. Usha made her debut into the International Athletics when she participated in the Pakistan Open National Meet 1980 held at Karachi. She grabbed 4 Gold Medals at the Athletics Meet. In the year 1982, she took part in the World Junior Invitation Meet (which is now called World Junior Athletic Championship) held at Seoul. Usha managed to clinch Gold Medal in the 200m and Bronze Medal in the 100m race at the event. Afterwards, she started working int .....

The Amazing Comeback

12. Usha retired from Athletics and married V.Srinivasan in the year 1991, but to the surprise of everybody she made a sudden comeback in the year 1998 and won Bronze Medals in 200m and 400m races at the Asian Track Federation Meet held at Fukkowakka in Japan. At the age of 34 years, P.T. Usha improved her own timing in 200m race and set a new National Record, which was enough to prove the level of Athletic talent still lying inside her. .....

World Record

13. In 1985 Asian Track& Field Meet at Jakarta {Indonesia} I secured 5 gold medals in 100meters, 200,400,400M.Hurdles, 4x400 m. Relay and 1 Bronze medal in 4x100 M.Relay races. This record of mine in the World of Athletics had been matched or surpassed by any other women in the World of Athletics till this date. In Mens section also no Male Athlete had yet to win 5 gold medals at any IAAF approved Meet. .....

History

14. P.T Usha and her friends in her native place chalked out a meticulous plan to launch the Usha School of Athletics in Koyilandy to train the young blood in Indian Athletics. A 20 Crore Rupees project, the school, Usha says, will be the countrys premier institute for training young talent.The Government of Kerala came out with an offer of 30 acres of land and a financial grant of 15 lakhs for the project. Usha School, was incepted in Koyilandi near .....

The Legend

15. The Olympic Games is a major international event of summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes compete in a wide variety of events. The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating.Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD. The Ancient Olympic Games was held as a series of competitions held between representatives of .....

Success is never an Accident

16. I firmly believe that perspiration is the key to it. Success in sport is determined by many factors including motivation, appropriate training, nutrition and tactics. Everybody can be successful in many things; but not in everything. At Usha School of Athletics, our aim is to succeed in whatever we realistically plan to achieve. As most of you know we believe in doing rather than making claims. We are determined not to be pulled down by any amoun .....

Against all hurdles

17. Flying Rani, Payyoli Express, Golden Girl... the epithets are as numerous as the 102 international medals and 1,000 plus awards she has won at national & state level meets. Humble beginnings, financial shortcomings, inadequate facilities... the odds against her have been as daunting as the competition which she has outpaced on the track.But Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha is not just a winner in the world of athletics. This sporting spirit has .....

The Inspiring Athlete

18. It is no exaggeration to state that in the Indian athletics history, no other athlete has become as popular as P.T. Usha. She sort of became a house hold name in India during 1985 and 1986. She is the first Indian woman to reach the final of Olympics. It is in 1986 in the 10th Asian games held at Seoul that Usha kept the Indian flag high and aloft by winning 4 gold medals and 1 silver medal in the track and filed meet. She created new records in .....

Family life and background of P T Usha

19. P.T Usha was born on 27th June 1964 in a small village called Payyoli in Kozhikode district of Kerala. Her fathers name is Paithal and mothers name is Lakshmi. She got married to V.Srinivasan and the couple have a son named Ujjwal.Her athletic talent was first noticed in the year 1976 when she was chosen to play for her district at the Sports School for women. Later in the year 1979, the renowned Indian athletics coach O.M Nambiar took heed of P. .....

P T Ushas Character horoscope

20. P. T. Usha is a sensitive and emotional person. The hard knocks of this world have more effects on P. T. Usha than they have on most other people, and P. T. Usha lose some of the enjoyment of life in consequence. What other people say and think of P. T. Usha is taken by P. T. Usha to heart. Thus, there are a certain number of things which cause P. T. Usha unhappiness which, after all, are not worth troubling about.P. T. Ushas manner is quiet, as .....

Happiness and Fulfillment horoscope

21. P. T. Usha have the ability to truly enjoy yourself in the company of others. Quite cheerful and pleasant, P. T. Usha is not afraid to laugh and usually have an excellent sense of humor. P. T. Ushas mind is influenced strongly by beauty, and P. T. Usha may bring it prominently into P. T. Ushas environment. Anyone who can bring beauty into his or her surroundings is more prone to happiness. .....

Life Style horoscope

22. P. T. Usha is precisely the one, people are talking about when they say that behind every successful person there is a lover. P. T. Ushas marriage partner will motivate P. T. Usha to accomplish P. T. Ushas objectives. .....

Fast tracking memory

23. The Usha Expo at Thiruvananthapuram traces P T Ushas evolution from a strapping bare foot runner on the sandy Arabian coat in Malabar to her evolution as the first Indian female athlete, who lost out on her place in Olympic history by a nano second. Usha Ex 2013 was conceived to show case her achievements over a glittering career culminating in that moment of despair, which opened a new chapter in Indian sports. She hopes to instil a fresh enthus .....