Karnataka , the state of IT industry is also better in the field of sports. It is one of the state that consists of legends of cricket. Karnataka government supports a lot for the sports. There are many stadiums and grounds and they provides it for practice everyday at no cost. Naturally it casted many players from various sports in Karnataka. Some of the popular sportswomen from Karnataka have been listed below.
1. Ashwini Nachappa
Ashwini was one of the most renowned sportswomen from Karnataka. She is responsible for adding more colors to the Indian events in Olympics. The glamour girl of Indian athletics has donned many roles. As Olympian athlete, Tollywood actress, social worker and educationist, Ashwini Nachappa has played the game of life with great versatility. She is represented as the Glory girl of India. She was very famous in tracks and to opponents also. Her 1988 performance bagged an Arjuna Award for her. There are many glorious moments in her life that she admires. One was that when she gained gold for her state and the chief minister rewarded her Rs 1000 for her performance. She is well known for her performance in her field. Her popularity and her glamour outlook made many film people to backup for a date. After retiring from sports she accepted them and is widely been into movies. She became one of the busiest actor in the South Tollywood film industry. She was one of the most successful national athletes that qualified for the Seol Olympics in 1988. After her retirement also she is indulged in sports by opening training school for the upcoming talents.
2. J.J Shobha
Shobha is one of the most experienced and professional female athlete from Karnataka. She is very much into her sport Heptathlon and was the winner of the event at the inaugural Afro Asian games in 2003. She had set a record for her personal best in heptathlon of 6211 points which was a national record. She was well noted for her performance at the 2004 Olympic games in Athens. She completed the seven discipline heptathlon and by her unlucky she was injured in the penultimate event of Javelin throw. She was given first aid and rushed to hospital for the further treatment. when she returned there was a tightly strapped left ankle. She managed to proceed with that injury. Her hard work and determination paid her that she finished third in the final event of 800m and 11th overall with 6172 points. She was honored with Arjuna award for her courageous performance in the year 2004.
3. Nisha Millet
She is one of the professional swimmer from Karnataka. She was the only woman in the 2000 Sydney Olympics swim team for India. She started her swimming career at the age of 9 and it lasted for 15 years. She is one of the highest medal achiever in the state of Karnataka. She feels swimming is a “life-saving’” sport. With that swimming has certainly given ace sportswoman, Nisha Millet, Olympian and Arjuna Award-winner, her passport to fame. She has won more than 600 gold medals at different events representing her state, National and International meets. She was the first Indian to qualify for swimming at the Sydney Olympics 2000. She represented India at the world swimming championships at 1998 and 2004. She bagged medals at the Asian Age SAF games and Afro-Asian games at 2003. She has one more record that she is the only Indian Athlete to win 14 gold medals at the National games 1999. After her retirement also she is indulged in sports by opening training school for the upcoming talents. She started a swimming school for the kids and all ages. She has trained over 4000 swimmers of all ages at a variety of learn to swim camps in some of the most prestigious clubs in Bangalore.
4. Vandana Rao
She was one of the sprinter that had a same position in athletics with Shiny Wilson and P.T Usha.
5. Reshma Millet
(Nisha Millet and Reshma Millet)
She is the sister of swimming legend Nisha Millet. She started at the age of 11. She got major innovation from her sister and it was very easy for her to know about the basics of swimming. Her favourite stle of swimming and she specialises in freestyle. She is at her very earlier age in swimming and she is struggling very hard to co ordinate her studies with events. She finds time to study whenever she is in tour. Her major and first achievement is when she got gold medal at Hyderabad in ‘98 in 50 meters.