Forgotten heroes: 5 Indian athletes who deserved better

#4 Ashwini Nachappa

Ashwini Nachappa (L) with P.T. Usha.

Ashwini Nachappa represented India in three editions of South Asian Federation Games and won three gold and four silver medals, in addition to her silver medal at the 1990 Asian games in Beijing, China. She also represented India in two World Championships, 1987 in Rome and 1991 in Tokyo.

But Nachappa’s claim-to-fame happenend when she outrun the legendary P.T. Usha not once, but twice. That was such a significant feat that she began to be referred to as India’s FloJo (Florence Griffith Joyner was an American athlete who is considered the fastest woman of all time). But with no future in the sport, she made a switch to acting and has since been forgotten completely.