Unnathi Aiyappa Bollanda (born 5 June 2005) is an Indian sprinter from Karnataka. She qualified to represent India in 200m and 4x100m relay events, at the 2026 Asian Games at Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan from 19 September to 4 October 2026.
Early life Aiyappa is from Kodagu, Karnataka. She is the daughter of former Indian athletes, heptathlete and double Olympian, Pramila Aiyappa and 400m runner, BP Aiyappa. Her father also doubles up as her physio and coach.
Career On 13 June 2026, she won the 200m gold clocking 23.66s at Indian Athletics Series 9 at Ludhiana. On 5 June 2026, she broke the 36 year old Karnataka State record held Olympian Ashwini Nachappa in 200m at the Karnataka State Senioir Athletics meet clocking 23.40s at Bengaluru.
In 2024, she won a bronze medal in 100m at the Asian under-20 championships at Dubai and also created two new meet records in 100m and 200m hurdles at the South Asian Junior Athletics meet at Chennai.
In February 2021, Aiyappa broke two National records in the girls under 16 category at the 36th National Junior Athletics Championship at Guwahati. In the 80m hurdles, she clocked 11.50 seconds to break the record set by PT Usha in 1979. She also set a new record in the 300m hurdles timing 40.11s. In 2018, she won a gold medal in the long jump, in the under 14 category, at the Junior National Championships.
International competitions +Representing YearCompetitionHostPositionEventResult2022GymnasiadeNormandy, France3rd100 m hurdles13.73World U20 ChampionshipsCali, Colombia36th (h)14.282023Asian U20 ChampionshipsYecheon, South Korea8th200 m24.962024Asian U20 ChampionshipsDubai, UAE3rd100 m hurdles13.66World U20 ChampionshipsLima, Peru6th (h)200 m24.104th (h)100 m hurdles13.92South Asian U20 ChampionshipsChennai, India1st13.931st200 m23.91
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