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title: "Which Indian athlete won the ‘Woman of the Year Award’ given by World Athletics (WA) for grooming talent in the country and advocating gender equality?"  
description: "Which Indian athlete won the ‘Woman of the Year Award’ given by World Athletics (WA) for grooming talent in the country and advocating gender equality?"  
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published: 2022-02-02  
updated: 2022-02-02  
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# Which Indian athlete won the ‘Woman of the Year Award’ given by World Athletics (WA) for grooming talent in the country and advocating gender equality?

Which [Indian](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2471/wazirx-received-828-requests-from-indian-international-law-enforcement-agencies) [athlete won](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34292/which-country-athlete-won-the-delhi-half-marathon-recently) the ‘Woman of the [Year Award](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/72359/who-is-honored-with-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award-2019)’ given by [World](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2334/what-would-occur-if-the-world-were-to-divide-in-half) [Athletics](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35701/when-was-amateur-athletics-federation-of-india-established) (WA) for grooming [talent](https://www.mindstick.com/news/3193/google-doodle-honours-sudanese-oud-player-asma-hamza) in the [country](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2337/vikram-s-the-country-s-first-privately-developed-rocket-will-launch-on-november-15) and advocating gender [equality](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/10885/equality-relational-and-conditional-operators)?

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## Answers

### Answer by Stuti Gupta

> **Anju Bobby George, a great Indian athlete, has been awarded the Woman of the Year Award by World Athletics for her work in fostering talent in India and fighting for gender equality. She founded a sports academy for young girls in 2016.**

**[Anju Bobby George](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anju_Bobby_George)** is an **Indian athlete** who has retired. Anju Bobby George created history when she won the **bronze medal** in the long jump at the **2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris**. She made history by being the first Indian athlete to win a medal at a World Championships in Athletics by leaping 6.70 meters. She went on to win the **gold** medal in the **2005 IAAF World Athletics Final**, which she believes to be her best performance. \
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Anju was upgraded to **gold** from silver in the 2005 World Athletics Final in Monte Carlo after Tatyana Kotova of Russia was disqualified by the **International Association of Athletics Federations** given the sudden re-testing of the latter's specimens taken at the **2005 World Championship in Helsinki.** She got the **Arjuna Award in 2002, the Khel Ratna in 2003, and the Padma Shri in 2004**. She placed seventh in the **2004 Athens Olympics** with a personal best score of 6.83. In March 2021, Anju won the BBC lifetime milestone prize for best athlete in [**India**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95411/who-is-the-current-chairman-of-india-tourism-development-corporation-itdc).


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