10 Interesting Facts about athlete Anju Bobby George

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Anju Bobby George is a retired Indian athlete. 

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She was born in Kottayam, Kerala, on April 19, 1977

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she won the bronze medal in long jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris

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Her long jump record of 6.83m while participating at the Athens Olympics in 2004

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India's first athletics world championship medal winner,

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The two-time Olympian also holds India's women's long jump national record

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She had initially won silver but was later upgraded to gold. Heading into the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 

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She won a gold medal at the 2006 South Asian Championships 

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silver medals at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha and 2007 Asian championships in Amman.

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She has worked as a senior vice-president of the Athletics Federation of India, 

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the chairperson of TOPS (Target Olympic Podium Scheme) and 

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an executive member of the government of India's Khelo India project. 

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She runs her academy Anju Bobby George Sports Foundation in Karnataka

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