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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.
India’s first athletics world championship medal winner, Anju Bobby George occupies a special place in the country’s track and field history. The two-time Olympian also holds India’s women’s long jump national record.
Aug 29, 2020 · Anju Bobby George, the only Indian to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships, shares her journey of overcoming fatigue, heatwave and missing marker to clinch the long jump bronze in 2003. Read her interview with Olympic Channel and watch her historic leap in Paris.
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Dec 8, 2020 · Former Indian long-jumper Anju Bobby George, the only Indian to climb the podium at the World Athletics Championships, reveals she has only one kidney.
Jun 9, 2021 · The Making Of India's Longstanding National Record! 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Anju Bobby George is a woman of many firsts for India. She is India's first world...
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Mar 17, 2004 · Anju George won bronze in Long Jump at the 2004 World Championships in Paris, becoming the first Indian woman to achieve this feat. Learn about her journey from a remote village in Kerala to the world stage, her marriage to coach Bobby George, and her faith and passion for athletics.
India's first ever World Athletics Championship medallist Anju Bobby George says that she competed "in the wrong era", praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's eagerness for promoting and...
