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Anju Bobby George (born 19 April 1977) is a retired
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athlete. Anju Bobby George made history when she won the bronze medal in
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at the
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in
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. With this achievement, she became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a
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jumping . She went on to win the gold medal at the IAAF World Athletics Final (a competition between best eight athletes in the world based on the world ranking) in 2005, a performance she considers her best. Anju was upgraded to the gold status from silver in the 2005 World Athletics Final in Monte Carlo following the disqualification of Tatyana Kotova of Russia by the International Association of Athletics Federations, following the recent re-testing of the latter's sample collected at the 2005 World Championship in Helsinki. She was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2002,
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in 2003 and
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in 2004. She had got 5th position with personal best of at the
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. In March 2021, Anju won the
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lifetime achievement award for best athlete in India. She is also the current vice-president of the Athletics Federation of India.


Early life

Anju was born in Kochuparambil family in Cheeranchira village of Changanassery taluk,
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,
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, in a Syrian Orthodox family, to K. T. Markose.


Professional career

Anju made history when she won the bronze medal clearing 6.70 m in Long Jump at the
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in Paris, becoming the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a
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. She also won a gold medal at the
2003 Afro-Asian Games The 2003 Afro-Asian Games, officially known as the First Afro-Asian Games or I Afro-Asian Games and unofficially known as the Inaugural Afro-Asian Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Hyderabad, India, from 24 October (exc ...
. She achieved her personal best of 6.83 m at the
2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
at
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which brought her the fifth position. This is the current Indian national record. She received the Arjuna award in 2002–2003 for eminent sportspersons from the government of India and the country's highest sporting honour,
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award in 2003–2004 after her success in the World Athletic meet. She was conferred
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, India's fourth highest civilian award in 2004. Anju Bobby George pulled out of the 52nd national inter-state athletics in Hyderabad, due to an upper respiratory tract infection.


Personal life

Anju is married to Robert Bobby George, who is a former national champion in triple jump and her coach too. She is employed with the Customs department in
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. The couple have a son Aaron and a daughter Andrea.


Involvement with sports association

Anju was appointed as president of the Kerala State Sports Council (KSSC). She resigned from the post on 22 June 2016.


See also

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* List of Indian sportswomen * List of Kerala Olympians


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