India's Long Jump Star- Anju Bobby George

Anju Bobby George (born 19 April 1977) is a retired Indian athlete. Anju Bobby George made records whilst she gained the bronze medal in a lengthy leap at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris. With this fulfillment, she has become the primary Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championships in Athletics leaping 6.70 meters (22.0 ft). She went directly to win the gold medal in the IAAF World Athletics Final (an opposition among quality 8 athletes withinside the globe primarily based totally on the sector ranking) in 2005, an overall performance she considers her quality. Anju turned into upgraded to gold fame from silver withinside the 2005 World Athletics Final in Monte Carlo following the disqualification of Tatyana Kotova of Russia via way of means of the International Association of Athletics Federations, following the latest re-trying out of the latter's pattern accrued on the 2005 World Championship in Helsinki. She turned into presented the Arjuna Award in 2002, Khel Ratna in 2003, and Padma Shri in 2004. She had were given 5th function with non-public quality of 6.83 meters (22.4 ft) at the 2004 Athens Olympics. In March 2021, Anju gained the BBC lifetime fulfillment award for quality athletes in India. Anju turned into born in Kochuparambil own circle of relatives in Cheeranchira village of Changanassery taluk, Kottayam, Kerala, in a Syrian Orthodox own circle of relatives, to K.T. Markose. Anju made records whilst she gained the bronze medal by clearing 6.70 m in Long Jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris, turning into the primary Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championships in Athletics. She additionally gained a gold medal at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games. She performed her non-public quality of 6.83 m at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens which added her to the 5th function. This is the modern-day Indian countrywide record.

She obtained the Arjuna award in 2002–2003 for eminent sportspersons from the authorities of India and the country's maximum carrying honor, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2003–2004 after her fulfillment withinside the World Athletic meet. She turned into conferred Padma Shri, India's fourth maximum civilian award in 2004.

Anju Bobby George pulled out of the 52nd countrywide inter-country athletics in Hyderabad, because of a higher respiration tract infection. Anju is married to Robert Bobby George, who's a former countrywide champion in the triple leap and she teaches too. She is hired with the Customs branch in Bangalore. The couple has a son Aaron and a daughter Andrea. Anju turned into appointed as president of the Kerala State Sports Council (KSSC). She resigned from the publication on 22 June 2016.