PRIZES AND RECOGNITIONS

•  Recipient of Arjuna Award ,1984.
  
•  Adjudged as the greatest women  athlete, in 1985 Jakarta Asian  Athletic Meet.
  
•  Padma Sree in 1984.
  
•  Best Athlete of the year Award  from India Government in  1984,/85,/86,/87, and 89.
  
•  In 1986 Seoul Asian Games, won the Adidas Golden Shoe Award
   for the  best athlete by the Asian Amateur Athletics Association,
   Seoul Asian  Games, 1986.
  
•  33 medals including 13 golds in Asian Games and Asian Championships.
  
•  Won a total of 102 medals at National and International meets during
   her career.
  
•  Won 1 gold and 2 silver at the 1999 Saf Games held at Kathmandu.
  
•  Thirty International Awards, for her excellence in Athletics.
  
•  In recognition of her achievements, a road at Payyoli,her home town,
   is named after her.
  
•  The Kerala Government has also set up a "PT Usha Sports Council"
   at Central Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram.
  
•  Kerala Sports Journalists Award for the year 1999.
  
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