Ashwini Nachappa is an accomplished former athlete and an Indian film, actress from Karnataka, India.
Career
Nachappa gained fame around the start of the 1980s, when she outran P.T. Usha on two separate occasions. Being noted as a social worker and educationist. She has also built a school.
She is currently the president of the Bangalore Urban District Athletics Association.
Membership
She also represented India in two World Championships, one in 1987 in Rome (she was the member of the 4 × 400 m relay) and another in 1991 in Tokyo (she was the member of the 4 × 400 m relay).