Bobby Aloysius
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 The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Dhyan Chand Award, 2018 to Bobby Aloysius | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 22, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bobby Aloysius (born 22 June 1974) is an Indian athlete from Kerala, who competes in the high jump event. Currently, she is residing in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She held the Indian and South Asian records in high jump between 1995 and 2012 of 1.91m.[1] Bobby participated in the 2004 Athens Olympics,[2] won silver in 2002 Busan Asian Games and won gold in the Jakarta Asian Championships.[3]
Bobby was born in Chemperi, Kannur, Kerala, India.[4] Bobby travelled around the world several times and eventually lived in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom until 2009. She had also worked as the Assistant Secretary (Technical) of Kerala State Sports Council in Thiruvananthapuram till 2013. She is married to Shajan Skariah, who is the founder and chief newsreader of an online channel named Marunadan TV. They have three children, Stefan Holm Skariah, Gangotri Skariah and Ritwik Skariah. She is an alumnus of Calicut University.[5]
Career
Bobby established the national record of 1.91m in women's high jump during the Olympic qualifications in 2004 in Chennai.[6] “I badly wanted to qualify for the Olympics and I put everything into that jump in Chennai and cleared 1.91m," she said in an interview at the Maharaja's Stadium in 2011.[7] Her national record remained unbeaten till 2012, when Sahana Kumari cleared 1.92 m for the London Olympics.[8] Bobby also won the women's High Jump event at the National Domestic Circuit Meet held in 2003 in Chennai, in addition to her international wins.[9]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| 2000 | Asian Championships | Jakarta, Indonesia | 1st | 1.83 m |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 4th | 1.87 m |
| Asian Championships | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 2nd | 1.84 m | |
| Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | 2nd | 1.88 m | |
| 2003 | Asian Championships | Manila, Philippines | 4th | 1.80 m |
| Afro-Asian Games | Hyderabad, India | 2nd | 1.88 m | |
| 2004 | Asian Indoor Championships | Tehran, Iran | 2nd | 1.81 m |
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 28th (q) | 1.85 m | |
Bobby has also worked with the Kerala state government to improve sports development in her state. Serving as the Assistant Secretary (Technical) of Kerala State Sports Council, Bobby organised the Sports Council's High Jump Carnival, held at Thiruvananthapuram with the athletes performing to heavy music in 2011.[10] She aimed to implement the higher secondary sports quota online allotment scheme during her service. In 2013, she submitted her resignation letter to KSSC as she claimed that they had denied her the opportunity to get appointed to the National Games Office by holding back the order.[11]
