According to reports, PT Usha, India's well-known runner, has a net worth of $23 million at the age of 58.
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The accomplished Indian sprinter PT Usha also referred to as the “Payyoli Express,” competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow as well as the Olympic Games in 1984 and 1988. She gained widespread recognition as the “queen” of Indian track and field after winning four gold medals at the Seoul Asian Games in 1986. She was born Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha and grew up in Payyoli, Kozhikode, Kerala, India. The fourth-grade student easily defeated the school champion, who was three years her senior, in a race at the school. The teachers were amazed, and over the following few years, her talents got her a spot in one of the first groups of sport-focused schools the Kerala government had established.
After being spotted by coach O. M. Nambiar, she won medals at the 1982 New Delhi Asiad and the 1983 Asian Track and Field Championships in addition to the Indian National School Games. Usha won 13 golds at ATF competitions between 1983 and 1989. Usha won four gold medals and one silver in the track and field competitions at the 10th Asian Games in Seoul in 1986. At the sixth Asian Track and Field Championship, held in Jakarta in 1985, she also took home five gold medals. The number of medals she won at the same competition set a new international mark for one athlete.
At the age of 58 and after a long and fruitful career as an athlete, PT Usha was chosen to lead the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). In the IOA’s 95-year history, she is the organization’s first female president and the organization’s first Olympian president. Usha was chosen by the Biennale Foundation to serve as the event’s goodwill ambassador. The nation’s sports fans have been inspired by Usha for generations. To promote the Okaya brand of batteries, Arrow International Pvt Ltd has signed legendary athlete PT Usha. She is serving a three-year contract as the company’s brand ambassador. Okaya Japanese Technology batteries are promoted and produced in India by Arrow International.
She is one of the richest Indian runners. According to reports, PT Usha, India’s well-known runner, has a net worth of $23 million at the age of 58. She worked as a professional runner to make her money.
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It is unknown how much the Indian athlete earns as his salary.
Usha was appointed as the ambassador for the Biennale Foundation. She was also roped in as the brand ambassador for Arrow International Pvt. Ltd.
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