Pavithra Vengatesh (also Venkatesh, born 8 December 2001) is an Indian athlete from

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. She represents India in the pole vault event. She is part of the Indian team for the

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. Pavithra's personal best is 4.10m. The national record of 4.15m stands in the name of V S Surekha set in 2014.

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. 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. She started at the age of 9 years 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

* 2023: In February, she made her international debut and won silver in the Asian Indoor Championships at Astana, Kazakhstan clearing 4 metres. * 2022: She represented Tamil Nadu's

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in the

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. She became the fifth woman athlete to clear 4.00 metres when she cleared 4.01m in the pole vault event on the first day of the games. * 2022: She set the all India inter-University (AIU) record of 4m at the 81st All India Inter University Women's Athletics Championships at

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, Odisha. * 2021: In September, she won the gold in the 60th National Open athletics meet at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Warangal. Telangana State. * 2021: Won gold at the South Zone Junior athletics meet. * 2018: Gold medal in Khelo India Youth Games. * 2019: Gold medal in Khelo India Youth Games.

References

External links

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Official AFI website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Venkatesh, Pavithra 2001 births Living people Indian female pole vaulters Athletes from Tamil Nadu Sportswomen from Tamil Nadu Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games athletes for India 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people