Pramila Gudanda Aiyappa (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Ganapathy) (born 8 March 1977 in Kodagu, Karnataka) is an Indian heptathlete. She made her official debut for the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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, where she placed 24th in the women's heptathlon event, with a total score of 5,548 points. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing, Aiyappa made a comeback from her eight-year absence to compete for the second time in women's heptathlon, along with fellow athletes Shobha Javur and

Susmita Singha Roy Sushmitha Singha Roy ( bn, সুস্মিতা সিংহ রায়; born 26 March 1984 in Midnapore) is an Indian heptathlete. She had won a silver and a bronze medal for her respective category at the IAAF Asian Championships (2005 ...

. She initially placed 28th out of 43 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 Lyudmyla Leonidivna Blonska, née Shevchuk ( uk, Людмила Леонідівна Блонська (Шевчук)), sometimes known as Lyudmila Blonskaya, (born November 9, 1977) is a Ukrainian former heptathlete, pentathlete, and long jumper. ...

was stripped of her silver medal after testing positive for

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. Aiyappa represented the host nation India at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

in Delhi, where she almost missed out of medal contention in the heptathlon, finishing only in fifth place, with a total score of 5,330 points. She 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

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

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Indian heptathletes Living people Olympic athletes for India Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for India Athletes from Karnataka 1977 births Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Kodava people People from Kodagu district Asian Games bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for India {{India-athletics-bio-stub