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In
an athletic career spanning 12 years, Reeth Abraham has won 16 Gold
and 11 Silver medals at the
national level. She was a national champion in long jump, 100 metres
hurdles and heptathlon. She won the heptathlon from 1983 to 1987,
except for just one loss in 1985. She won 3 Gold and 1 Silver medal
at South Asian Games, holding the records in Long Jump and
100 metres hurdles. She has participated in many Asian championships
and
twice in South Asian Games. Reeth married Sunil Abraham, an international
athlete from Bangalore. Together, they founded the SURE (SUnil-REeth)
Athletic Movement, which trains talented athletes. She is the only
Indian to win a national championship within 10 months of the birth
of her daughter. Reeth was honoured with the State Government's
Rajyotsava Award (1983), Dasara Award (1990), Rotary
and Lions Award. Her best performance to date: 100 metres hurdles:14.21
seconds. Long Jump:6.28 metres. Heptathlon:4931 points.
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Representing
the State from 1980 to 1992, athletics has been a way of life with
Ashwini Nachappa right from the age of nine. State record holder for
100, 200 & 400 mts, she has represented India in 3 SAF games
and won 5 Gold and 2 Silver medals. She has also represented India
in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She has been honoured with Dasara,
Rajyotsava and Arjuna awards. Do you know, Ashwini has
also acted in five Telugu movies.
He
was an outstanding athlete both in school and college. Sunil Abraham's
athletic career began when he was 17. He was the top sprinter in Karnataka
from 1977-1981 and in Delhi from 1981-1983. He represented India thrice
- high point being the 1982 Asian Games. Being a self trained
athlete, he felt the need for professional coaching in India. Giving
up an Engineering career, he started the pioneering SURE Athletic
Movement in 1987 in Bangalore along with his wife, Reeth, who is also
an athlete. SURE provides talented children a future in athletics
with professional and dedicated training free of cost. Their outstanding
students are Ashwini Nachappa - the only Indian woman to beat P.T.
Usha in athletics, Vanaja.M, Poonam Belliappa, Tripti Nayak, and others.
