#3 PT Usha
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We all have heard of PT Usha’s name, but not all of us know that she has won a whopping 101 international medals. And this is exactly why her story needs to be told and enacted.
Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha aka “Payyoli Express” is one of the greatest athletes to have represented India on the tracks in the Olympics. Her fourth position in 400 meters hurdles in 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, is by far the closest to an Olympic medal on the tracks by an Indian female athlete.
She has won 101 international medals and her list of achievements is probably longer than the career of most of our Bollywood celebrities. At the age of 16, she became the youngest Indian sprinter to compete in the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Her journey from the humblest of the beginnings to the “Queen of Indian Track and Field” remains very inspirational. Presently, Usha runs her coaching academy in Kerala.
