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| Birth name | Anju Markose | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1977 Changanassery, Kottayam, Kerala, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Long jump: 6.83 m NR (Athens 2004) Triple jump: 13.67 (Hyderabad 2002) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anju Bobby George (born 19 April 1977) is a retired Indian athlete. Anju Bobby George made history when she won the bronze medal in long jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris. With this achievement, she became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championships in Athletics jumping 6.70 metres (22.0 ft).[1] 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.[2] She was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2002, Khel Ratna in 2003 and Padma Shri in 2004.[3] She had got 5th position with personal best of 6.83 metres (22.4 ft) at the 2004 Athens Olympics. In March 2021, Anju won the BBC lifetime achievement award for best athlete in India.[4] She is also the current vice-president of the Athletics Federation of India.[5]
- ^ "EVENT REPORT WOMEN LONG JUMP FINAL". IAAF. 30 August 2003.
- ^ "IAAF ratifies Anju's top finish in 2005 World Athletics Final". Times of India. PTI. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Anju Bobby George is now a gold medallist". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Anju Bobby George bags BBC lifetime achievement award". Mathrubhumi. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Executives". Athletics Federation of India. Retrieved 29 December 2022.