Pramila Aiyappa

Pramila Gudanda Aiyappa (née Ganapathy) (born 8 Mar 1977 in Kodagu, Karnataka[1]) is an Indian heptathlete.[2] Pramila made her official debut for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she placed twenty-fourth in the women's heptathlon event, with a total score of 5,548 points.

Pramila Aiyappa
Pramila in Heptathlon, Olympics 2008
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)

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Pramila made a comeback from her eight-year absence to compete for the second time in women's heptathlon, along with her fellow athletes Shobha Javur and Susmita Singha Roy. She initially placed twenty-eighth out of forty-three 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 stripped of her silver medal after she tested positive for methyltestosterone.[3][4]

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

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

Sri Pramila Aiyappa with her husband Sri Aiyappa at Sri kantheerava Indoor Stadium 9 July 2019

References
  1. "GG Pramila: Kodagu's daughter is now Jharkhand's pride". Kodagu Connect. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  2. 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.
  3. "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  4. "Women's Heptathlon". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  5. "Harminder gives India 2nd athletics medal, others disappoint". NDTV. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2012.


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