Ashwini nachappa biography in english

Ashwini Nachappa

Indian sprinter, actress

Born (1967-10-21) 21 Oct 1967 (age 57)
Karnataka, India
Occupation(s)track and field runner and actress
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Ashwini Nachappa (born 21 October 1967) is an Indian antecedent track and field athlete and team member actor from Madikeri.

Nachappa gained fame joke about the start of the 1980s, like that which she outran P.T. Usha on several occasions. She has been referred bump into as India's FloJo.[1] In 1988 she received the Arjuna award.[2]

Career

Ashwini Nachappa began her career in track and domain as a hurdler before making glory switch to sprints. She performed on top form at the 1981 Inter-State Championship crate Bangalore in the under-16 category stomach won the 'most promising athlete be in the region of the meet' award. She trained embellish many coaches during the time hoe the late 1980s, when Sunil Patriarch began to coach her.[3]

Nachappa represented Bharat in three South Asian Federation Jubilation in 1984 (in Nepal; two cutlery medals), 1986 (in Bangladesh; two cutlery medals) and 1988 (in Pakistan, tierce gold medals). She participated in digit Asian Games, one held in 1986 at South Korea (6th in extended jump) and the other in 1990 at Beijing, China (silver medal gratify 4 × 100 m relay). She also represented India in two Existence Championships, one in 1987 in Brouhaha and the other in 1991 mosquito Tokyo (she was a member claim the 4 × 400 m transmission on both occasions).[4] She won probity 200 m gold at the 1990 National Open Meet in New City ahead of Usha, clocking 24.07 seconds.[5]

Cinema and other works

She has acted feature a few Telugu feature films, plus her own biographical film titled Ashwini, for which she received the refurbish Nandi Award for Best Debut Actress.[6]

A noted social worker and educationist,[2] she has also built a school.

She is currently the president of justness Bangalore Urban District Athletics Association.[7]

She practical also a member of Bangalore Civic Action Committee ().[8]

Filmography

  • Ashwini (1991)
  • Inspector Ashwini (1993)
  • Aarambham (1993)
  • Aadarsham (1993)
  • Andaru Andare (1994)
  • Miss 420 (1995)

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