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	Anju Bobby George - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anju was born in Cheeranchira Kochuparambil family in Changanassery, Kerala to K.T. Markos and Gracy.
		Anju's journey to success from rank 61 in 2001 to rank 6 in 2003 within a short span of two years, was one of sheer hard work and intensive planning.
		Anju and Bobby, realising that international exposure is essential for competing in World class events made necessary arrangements and trained with Mike Powell, a world record holder, before the World Athletics meet, which gave her valuable exposure in technique.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anju_Bobby_George (726 words)

	Anju Bobby George creates history
		Anju Bobby George won the bronze in the Prefontaine Classic at Eugene, Oregon, USA, on Saturday, behind Americans Marion Jones and Grace Upshaw with a wind-aided 6.83 metres.
		Anju’s own prodigious talent was helped by the extraordinary family she married into.
		Anju admits that Bobby has proved to be the biggest influence on her life.
	www.keral.com /celebrities/anju/index.htm (1719 words)

	HSInternational, Inc. - Sports Management Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		George's bumpy journey to that pinnacle began in third grade, when she won a cup and saucer for jumping more than three meters at school in Cheeranchira, a remote village abutting the Arabian Sea near India's southernmost tip.
		In 2000 George trained for her country's Olympic trials by jumping from a dirt runway into a mud pit; a synthetic running surface and dry sand were not available in the facility in the southern state of Nagercoil.
		George's $10,000 salary from her job as a customs officer was ample by Indian standards but meager for an athlete who wants to pay for overseas training and travel.
	www.hsi.net /article_text/article_0210.html (581 words)

	The Tribune - Magazine section - Saturday Extra
		Anju has been dreaming of an Olympic gold for the past two years, and she would consider it as nothing short of a Greek tragedy if she fails to get a podium finish in women’s long jump.
		Anju had a shocking experience after the World Championship at Paris when her kit bag, containing important documents, including passport and travel tickets, was stolen from the training ground.
		Bobby and she still carry the passports issued by the Indian Embassy in Paris, and this was one reason she was denied a visa to compete in the Netherlands before embarking on her European programme.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040619/windows/main1.htm (1538 words)

	'I went all out for a medal'
		Bobby George, who has been touring with his wife, said this year's European circuit gave her a wealth of experience that helped in the World Championships.
		Bobby said that as the Championships approached, he worked more on Anju's mental preparation, trying to make her believe that she could do it, that she is among the top six jumpers in the world.
		Bobby George said Mike Powell, who was also at the Stade de France watching the competition, was very pleased with the performance of his two students on show, Anju and Hussein Taher al-Sabee of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who surprised many by finishing fifth in the men's event with a jump of 8.10m.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2003/aug/31athanju.htm (778 words)

	Bobby George Sets Sights on Seven Metres - HSI Sports Management News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Anju Bobby George, who won India’s first ever World Championship medal when finishing third in the Long Jump in Paris 2003 but who fell short of the podium at the Athens Olympics is confident of reaching seven metres next season.
		George who was presented with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award last month has closed out her 2004 season in style in recent weeks.
		George's wind legal personal best at the start of 2004 was 6.70, the distance which she had produced to take the World Championship bronze in 2003.
	www.hsi.net /cgi-local/newsscript.pl?record=5 (349 words)

	BUSINESS TODAY
		George is featured in the magazine on the strength of her status as, arguably, India's first and only professional athlete.
		Bobby was a good triple jumper, but it is as Anju's coach that he will probably realise a greater glory.
		Bobby claims Anju does 6.85 consistently during practice sessions; the winning jump at the Olympics in 2000 was around seven metres.
	www.india-today.com /btoday/20040314/books.html (943 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / Athletics : I can never watch serious films: Anju
		Anju, who brought home India's first medal from the World championship by landing the bronze in long jump in 2003, also revealed her plans to head towards Brunei soon after the New Year.
		Anju, however, is yet to finalise her schedule for the Golden League and Super Grand Prix meet at the world-level.
		Anju is also confident that she would be able to cross the 7m-barrier in the coming season.
	www.hindu.com /2004/12/11/stories/2004121105181800.htm (764 words)

	Anju bags gold despite poor show
		A clearance of 6.42m in the third attempt proved good enough for her to clinch the gold, but then the rest of the field was little to write home about, a fact not lost on the Indian ace as was evident in her muted reaction to the victory.
		Anju, one of the very few high-profile athletes in the fray at the Games, was banking on a good performance to book a ticket to the Athletics World Cup in Greece next month, but her hopes now are in tatters.
		Anju, who won a bronze medal at World Athletics Championships in Paris in 2003, is making a comeback to the international stage after sustaining a heel injury earlier this year.
	ia.rediff.com /sports/2006/aug/25anju.htm (555 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta
		Anju, the world championship bronze medallist and India’s biggest hope in the Athens Olympics, is ranked fourth in the world.
		This was Anju’s second wind-aided 6.8m plus jump after winning the gold in the Super Grand Prix in Doha where she recorded a distance of 6.82 on May 14.
		Anju, who has been training in the US after competing in the Ostrava meet, will continue her Olympic preparations in the US before moving to Europe to compete in the Madrid Grand Prix on July 17.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040621/asp/sports/story_3396872.asp (295 words)

	Anju aims to hit form at Athens
		The podium finish at the World Championships in Paris last August catapulted Anju Bobby George as India's best bet in Athens and now she is fighting against all odds in Europe determined to unfurl the tri-colour at the Olympic stadium in Athens this August.
		The 27-year-old Anju, currently number four in the world, is in Paris for the last few weeks fine tuning her skills with husband and coach Robert Bobby George hoping to peak at the right moment to repeat history next month.
		Anju's two best jumps came in May and June when she touched 6.82m to win the Doha Super Grand Prix and then bettered it by a centimetre, while finishing third behind Marion Jones and Grace Upshaw, at the Eugene Prefontaine Classic in USA.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2004/jul/25oly.htm (529 words)

	Mahalife
		Anju’s personal best is 6.74 m which she set last year in New Delhi, which is more than what she cleared yesterday.
		Anju had earlier been coached by her husband and former triple jump national champion Bobby George.
		George, who recognised the potential Anju had, sacrificed his own career to be able to become a full-time coach for his wife.
	www.mahalife.com /html/teen_sports.htm (579 words)

	Anju aims to do better at elite Monaco event
		Anju, who was ranked eighth in the world coming in to the World Championships, is now likely to move up at least four slots, her husband and coach Bobby George said.
		Bobby George said world heptathlon champion Carolina Kluft of Sweden, who had won the Stockholm Grand Prix last month, an event at which Anju won the silver, is also likely to be among the eight jumpers at the event as a wild card.
		Bobby George also said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has announced a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh (approximately US $54,500) for Anju for her performance at the World Championships and Rs 3,00,000 for her coach.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2003/sep/01athgeorge.htm (460 words)

	» Athletics Sports
		Anju only had a provisional lead, when she produced best jump in the first round and Olga who followed the Indian stole the initiative with 6.49 metres.
		Anju could manage only second place in the two Asian Grand Prix events in Bangalore and Pune after returning to the circuit after a heel injury which forced her out of the meet in Bangkok.
		Pune, May 25: Ace long jumper Anju Bobby George said today she was not at all disappointed with her performance in the season so far and felt she was progressing steadily towards the target she and her coach-cum-husband Bobby George had set.
	www.sportsindia.in /indian-sports/indian-players/athletics (2879 words)

	Creditable performance by Anju
		hen Anju Bobby George cleared her first jump in the long jump final in Athens on Friday, I could never imagine that it would end in such disappointment for Indian fans.
		Anju distanced a fluent 6.83m, breaking her own national mark to pieces.
		Medal was never in sight for Anju because she never made it 7 but breaking her own record proves that she tried her best that...
	in.rediff.com /sports/2004/aug/29oly-ath6.htm (756 words)

	Anju wins long jump Gold with new SAF record
		Hitting the pit after a three-month injury lay-off, Anju Bobby George was clearly nowhere near her best but the lanky long jumper's effort of 6.42m was good enough to fetch the Gold with a new SAF Games record at the Sugathadasa Stadium here this evening.
		A heel injury had kept Anju out of action since her second place finish in the Pune leg of the Asian Grand Prix series in May when she was hamstrung by the injury and leapt a poor 6.46m.
		Anju has had a poor season this year so far with her best effort being 6.54 which saw her finish a poor sixth in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Sports/20060825/432733.html (488 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Anju runs from one end of the room, leaps up, simulating a jump, lands on the mats and ends her run rushing into her husband’s arms.
		It was also the year that she met Bobby George, a former national triple jump champion, at a training camp in Bangalore.
		Bobby’s father, George Joseph, 72—whose elder son Jimmy was one of the legends in Indian volleyball before he died in a car accident in Italy—says, "Anju could not have done it without Bobby.
	www.the-week.com /24jun13/sports_article1.htm (1807 words)

	Sports:: Sports Stars ::
		Bobby, who is the younger brother of legendary Volleyball player Jimmy George - who tragically died in a road accident in Italy in the 1980s, also doubles as Anju’s coach and confidant.
		Bobby says that Powell was able to smoothen the rough edges in her run-up and jump and that has helped her achieve a better distance consistently.
		Bobby’s father, Joseph is a Volleyball fan and is said to have constructed a court in the backyard so that his seven sons could practice.
	www.dimdima.com /Sports/show_sports.asp?q_search=Sports+Stars (667 words)

	The Hindu : Those LOOOOONG legs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Anju Bobby George, who bagged her first Grand Prix gold at the Doha meet in early May, is confident of bringing back a gold from the Athens Olympics.
		Bobby is himself a former national champion in long jump but gave up his career to train Anju full-time.
		As Anju leaves for the round of international events leading up to the actual meet in Athens, she carries with her the hopes of a nation which has already seen the coveted medal slip through its fingers by a fraction earlier.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/mp/2004/05/29/stories/2004052900340100.htm (817 words)

	Anju George qualifies for final
		World No. 5 Anju Bobby Geroge kept alive India's hopes for another World Championship medal when she came up with her best jump of the season in the very first attempt to book a place in Tuesday's women's long jump final in Helsinki, Finland.
		Anju, who was lying in third place after the first round, slipped to fourth after the second and finally sixth after the third and last round.
		But luckily for Anju it was a tough outing for her rivals too including Olympic silver medallist Tatyana Kotava and World Champion Eunice Barber, who also failed to go past the qualifying mark.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2005/aug/09anju.htm (316 words)

	Anju can do it
		Anju, a very dear and near friend of mine and the holder of India's national long jump record (6.74m), raised hopes of an Olympic medal after she won the bronze medal in the World Championships.
		If I still believe that Anju can win a medal, that is because I know she has prepared in a near-perfect manner in the tune-up to the Athens Games.
		I have no doubt in my mind that Anju is going to win a medal this time.Although she fared poorly in the qualifiers,finals are a...
	in.rediff.com /sports/2004/aug/14oly-usha.htm (887 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Ajith, Anju’s brother, six-foot-tall and handsome, bore a striking resemblance to the long jump star and was dressed in fl, leaving me wondering if he had an inkling of the outcome.
		In her third attempt, when Anju lost her momentum and ran through the pit, it was like she had stepped on a billion dreams.
		Aday after the long jump final, Anju is about to set out for a visit to Athens with a few members of her family who had come from Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Kerala to see her jump.
	www.the-week.com /24sep12/sports_article3.htm (957 words)

	Suresh Kalmadi - Pune \|\| Indian Olympics: Athens countdown begins as Anju Bobby George leaves for Osaka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		World number seven long jumper Anju Bobby George, hopes to begin her quest for Olympic glory on the right note with a podium finish in the Japan Grand Prix in Osaka on Saturday.
		Anju, along with husband and coach Robert Bobby George, will fly out to Japan tonight to participate in the IAAF Japan Grand Prix in Osaka on May 8.
		Anju was "disappointed" with her gold medal winning effort of 6.66m in the National Circuit Meet, her first competition this season here last month, was now more confident of her form.
	www.skalmadi.org /story/2004/5/4/82652/85268 (304 words)

	Anju George sets ambitious target
		George rose to the Olympic challenge by announcing boldly that she had set herself the ambitious target of jumping seven metres during at least one of the dozen meetings she had lined up on the road to Athens in August.
		George became a household name in her cricket-mad country when she became the first Indian to win a medal at the world championships with a jump of 6.70 metres in Paris.
		Her marriage to Bobby George, younger brother of India's greatest volleyball player Jimmy George, gave her the impetus she needed when he took over as her full-time coach to meticulously plan her rise.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2004/may/14oly-anju.htm (919 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		NEW DELHI: Indian long jumper Anju Bobby George can continue to celebrate the bronze medal she won at the World Championships as she has tested negative for using drugs and also won $20,000 in prize money.
		Anju, who was ranked No 8 in the world before the event, jumped two places after her fine performance at Paris.
		Anju had also made history when she became the first Indian athlete to win a medal, a bronze, at the Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002 and then won the gold medal at the Busan Asian Games.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=166721 (1181 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Sports
		Bangalore: World No. 6 Anju Bobby George will go up against Olympic champion Tatyana Lebedeva when she begins the new season defending her long jump title in the IAAF Super Grand Prix in Doha, on Friday.
		Anju will also be challenged by former world champion Fiona May. The 36-year-old Italian has dropped down drastically in world rankings and is the 15th in the latest ratings.
		Anju, the first Indian to win a medal in world athletics championships when she won the bronze in Paris in 2003, has set clear goals for the season which will culminate with next year’s Melbourne Commonwealth Games.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050513/asp/sports/story_4733311.asp (367 words)

	JIRS - News & Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		On a cold and wet Saturday evening at Saint Dennis near Paris, France, Ms, Anju George clinched the bronze medal in the women’s event with her fifth attempt, a seasons best of 6.70 meters, becoming the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships.
		Anju said she was pleased by the response from the students and the excellent infrastructure at the school.
		Robert Bobby George who is a former national triple jumper accompanied Ms.
	www.jirs.ac.in /news-events/2003/oct/achievers_meet_anju.htm (285 words)

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