PRIZES
AND RECOGNITIONS:
>> Recipient of Arjuna Award ,1984.
>>
Adjudged as the greatest women athlete, in
1985 Jakarta Asian Athletic Meet.
>>
Padma Sree in 1984.
>>
Best Athlete of the year Award from India
Government in 1984,/85,/86,/87, and 89.
>>
In 1986 Seoul Asian Games, won the Adidas
Golden Shoe Award for the best athlete by
the Asian Amateur Athletics Association, Seoul
Asian Games, 1986.
>>
33 medals including 13 golds in Asian Games
and Asian Championships.
>>
Won a total of 102 medals at National and
International meets during her career.
>>
Won 1 gold and 2 silver at the 1999 Saf Games
held at Kathmandu.
>>
Thirty International Awards, for her excellence
in Athletics.
>>
In recognition of her achievements, a road
at Payyoli,her home town, is named after her.
>>
The Kerala Government has also set up a "PT
Usha Sports Council" at Central Stadium,
Thiruvananthapuram.
>>
Kerala Sports Journalists Award for the year
1999.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
>>
National Record at State athletic meet at
Kottayam, 1977.
>>
She captured the limelight as a junior athlete
in National Inter State meet at Kollam, 1978.
>>
Selected to National Squad for the 18th Pakistan
National Games in Karachi, 1980.
>>
Selected to the Moscow Olympics, 1980.
>>
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.
>>
Participated in 1982 Delhi Asiad and won the
first medal of the games.
>>
In 1983 Asian Track and Field Meet (re-christened
as the Asian championship) at Kuwait, Usha
tried out the 400m for the first time.
She emerged successful in the one- lapper
at an international arena for the first time.
>>
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.
>>
Usha gathered 5 gold medals and one bronze
in 1985, at the Jakarta Asian Athletic meet.
>>
Won four golds in 1986, Seoul Asian games,
claiming for herself the title of Asia's sprint
queen.
>>
Following her marriage in 1991, she quit the
scene for a while, but came back in1993 ,after
3 years of hibernation.
>>
Participated in Olympic games from 1980, except
on 1992, Barcelona Olympics.
>>
She last participated in Atlanta Olympics
, 1996.
In
Brief:
| Family |
Father
: E.P.M.Paithal
Mother : Lakshmi
Sisters:Suma and Shobha
Brother: Pradeep
Spouse : V.Srinivasan
Son: Ujjwal
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| International
Debut |
Moscow
Olympics, 1980
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| Was
noticed |
1982
Asian Games
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| Best
timings |
100
meters (11.39 seconds), 200metres (23.25
sec), 400 meters (51.61 sec) and the 400
meters hurdles (55.42 sec).
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| Coaches |
O.M.Nambiar,
JS. Bhatia
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| Favorite
food |
meen
molasia, sambhar and kootu-curry.
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| Best
Moment |
Winning
the first medal in the Asian games 1982
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| Facts |
: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.
:In 1982 Delhi Asiad
won the first medal of the games.
:Has participated in
Olympic games from 1980- 1996 except on
1992, Barcelona Olympics
:A road at Payyoli, her
home town, is named after her
:The Kerala Government
has also set up a "PT Usha Sports
Council" at Central Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram.
:At the age of 34 she
set a new national record for the 200m,
after the birth of her son.
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| Her
Autobiography |
Golden
Girl, was published by Penguin in 1987
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