Pramila Aiyappa

Pramila Gudanda Aiyappa (née Ganapathy) (born 8 March 1977 in Kodagu, Karnataka)[2] is an Indian heptathlete.[3] She made her official debut for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she placed 24th in the women's heptathlon event, with a total score of 5,548 points.

Pramila Aiyappa
Pramila in heptathlon at 2008 Olympics
Personal information
Birth namePramila Ganapathy
Full namePramila Gudanda Aiyappa
NationalityIndian
Born (1977-05-08) 8 May 1977
Kodagu, Karnataka, India
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryIndia
SportAthletics
Event(s)Heptathlon
ClubIndian Railways
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Heptathlon: 6105
(Chennai 2000)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2010 GuangzhouHeptathlon[1]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Aiyappa made a comeback from her eight-year absence to compete for the second time in women's heptathlon, along with fellow athletes Shobha Javur and Susmita Singha Roy. She initially placed 28th out of 43 heptathletes in the event, with a total score of 5,771 points, but was elevated to a single higher position, when Ukraine's Lyudmila Blonska was stripped of her silver medal after testing positive for methyltestosterone.[4][5]

Aiyappa represented the host nation India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where she almost missed out of medal contention in the heptathlon, finishing only in fifth place, with a total score of 5,330 points.[6]

She has been actively coaching upcoming athletes, along with her husband Sri Aiyappa.

Aiyappa with her husband Sri Aiyappa at the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, 9 July 2019

References
  1. "Medal Winners of Asian Games". indianathletics.in. Athletics Federation of India. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  2. "GG Pramila: Kodagu's daughter is now Jharkhand's pride". KodaguConnect.com. 22 July 2008. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pramila Gudanda". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  4. "Blonska stripped of silver medal". BBC Sport. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  5. "Women's Heptathlon". 2008.nbcolympics.com. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  6. "Harminder gives India 2nd athletics medal, others disappoint". ndtv.com. New Delhi Television Ltd. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
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