Pavithra Vengatesh
Personal information
Full namePavithra Vengatesh
Nationality India
Born (2001-12-08) 8 December 2001 (age 22)
Tamil Nadu, India
Sport
CountryIndia
SportTrack and field
EventPole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best4.10 m (2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Astana Pole vault

Pavithra Vengatesh (also Venkatesh, born 8 December 2001) is an Indian athlete from Tamil Nadu.[1] She represents India in the pole vault event. She is part of the Indian team for the Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. Pavithra's personal best is 4.10m.[2] The national record of 4.15m stands in the name of V S Surekha set in 2014.[3]

Early life

She comes from a poor family. Her father is a daily wage worker in Salem and her mother is a home maker. She has two siblings, a sister and a brother. She went to Sarada Vidyalaya Girls’ Higher Secondary School.[4] Now she is studying final-year BA (English Honours) at AVS College of Arts And Science, Salem. For the last ten years she is training under Sports Development of Tamil Nadu coach K Elamparithi.[5] She started at the age of 9 years[5] as sprinter and long jumper, and also did 400m. Later in 2013,she decided to shift to pole vault. In August 2022, she secured a job in the sports quota and was employed by Southern Railways.

Career

References

  1. ^ Singh, Navneet (2023-09-22). ""Asian Games will be a good opportunity for me to showcase that Indian pole vaulters have potential" - Pavithra Venkatesh looks forward to plying her trade at Asian Games 2023". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  2. ^ Mazumdar, Riya (2023-09-27). "Pavithra Venkatesh Biography: Personal Life, Career, Age, Height, Facts & Networth -". Sportzcraazy. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  3. ^ a b c "TN girl Pavithra Venkatesh wins pole vault gold". The Times of India. 2021-09-15. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  4. ^ ANI (2022-05-01). "For perfection, Pole-vaulter Pavithra Venkatesh sought pictures". ThePrint. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  5. ^ a b c Manoj, S. S. (2022-04-30). "Trained by Mariyappan Thangavelu's coach, Pavithra sets new record in pole vault". thebridge.in. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  6. ^ PTI. "India names 25-member team for Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  7. ^ "Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2023: Indian Contingent Results". Sportslumo. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  8. ^ Sudarshan, N. (2022-04-30). "Khelo India University Games: Pavithra sets pole-vault record; B'lore City University enters hockey finals". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  9. ^ Agencies (2022-02-23). "Pavithra sets pole vault meet record". The Shillong Times. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  10. ^ migrator (2021-09-16). "Tamil Nadu girl Pavithra Venkatesh wins pole vault gold". www.dtnext.in. Retrieved 2023-09-27.

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