Olympian athelete Anju Bobby George with BJP President BS Yeddyurppa (R) during a nationwide party membership launch, in Bengaluru.
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Anju Bobby George, Athletics, 2003
On August 30, 2003, Anju, then 26, made athletics history for India at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. The lanky long jumper from Kerala became the first Indian medallist at th...
Khel Ratna awardee Anju Bobby George flags off The Great Indian Run in Gurgaon.
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Indian long jumper AnJu Bobby George moves up to gold in ’05 World Athletics Finals after ex-winner Tatyana Kotova’s urine sample tests positive. Now eyes ’04 Athens.
Week In Pictures
SUNDAY, AUGUST 316.7 m smile. Anju Bobby George kisses her Women's long jump Bronze medal on the podium at the World Athletics Championships, at the Stade de France in Saint Denis,...
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Jumping with joy. Anju Bobby George on her way to winning the bronze medal at the World Athletics Championships, in the Women's long jump final, at the Stade de France in Saint De...
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Long jump athlete Anju Bobby George waves during a felicitation ceremony organized by the Indian Olympic Association and Sports Authority of India in New Delhi. Anju won a bronze m...
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Anju Bobby George leaps in the women's long jump event at the Yokohama Super Track and Field meet in Yokohama, Tokyo. Anju cleared 6.61m to win the gold medal, beating Olympic cham...
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Tuesday 21 SeptemberAnju Bobby George talks to her husband and coach Robert Bobby George after receiving the nation's highest sporting honour --the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna by Presi...
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Anju Bobby George leaps during the long jump competition in The Asian All Stars Athletics Championship in Singapore. Anju won the gold medal with a jump of 6.66 meters, beating Kaz...
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India's Anju Bobby George competes in the final of the women's long jump at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki. Anju finished outside the podium in the long jump event e...
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Anju Bobby George jumps during the finals of the women's long jump event at the 45th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championship in Bangalore. Anju won the event jumping a d...
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Friday 9 SeptemberIndia's ace long jumper Anju Bobby George came up with a spectacular jump of 6.75 metres to win silver in the women's long jump event at the World Athletics Final...
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Anju Bobby George wins the silver at the World Athletics finals in Monaco
Anju Bobby George gave her best in her first leap to set a new Indian record but failed to sustain the momentum and ended up sixth in the women's long jump at Athens. Anju's hopes ...
Anju Bobby George hits the sand as she competes in the final of the women's long jump at the Olympic Stadium in Athens. India's hopes of another Olympic medal were dashed after she...
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The Sweet Smell Of Success
Anju Bobby George competes in the final of the women's long jump at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. George took the bronze medal.
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India's Anju Bobby George makes an attempt in the qualification for the women's long jump during the World Athletics
Championships in Osaka, Japan. Anju qualified for the final d...
'I am not going to compromise on winning the gold medal and am determined to hear our National Anthem being played and the Tricolour being raised in Athens.' Updates
The World Championship bronze medallist says given top-class exposure and infrastructure, Indian athletes have the calibre to make it big at the world level Updates
For the last one year Anju has been
hovering between fourth and fifth in the world. This is no mean achievement for someone who has just completed one year in the Grand Prix grind.