Ashwini Nachappa (born 21 October 1967) is an Indian former track and field athlete and actress from Madikeri.

[2] Ashwini Nachappa began her career in track and field as a hurdler before making the switch to sprints.

She performed well at the 1981 Inter-State Championship in Bangalore in the under-16 category and won the 'most promising athlete of the meet' award.

She participated in two Asian Games, one held in 1986 at South Korea (6th in long jump) and the other in 1990 at Beijing, China (silver medal in 4 × 100 m relay).

[4] She won the 200 m gold at the 1990 National Open Meet in New Delhi ahead of Usha, clocking 24.07 seconds.