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{{short description|Indian high jumper}}
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{{Indian name|Bobby|Aloysius}}
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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.<ref name="Inter-state record">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/06/04/stories/2002060402852000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027081710/http://www.hindu.com/2002/06/04/stories/2002060402852000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2010|title=It's Bobby Aloysius' day |date=4 June 2002|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=22 January 2010|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> Bobby participated in the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-121352623.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102231458/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-121352623.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 November 2012|title=The Olympics: 2004: Athletics: Newi student falls short in heats.|date=27 August 2004|publisher=Daily Post (Liverpool, England)|accessdate=22 January 2010}}</ref> won silver in [[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan Asian Games]] and won gold in the [[Jakarta]] Asian Championships.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/08/30/stories/07300113.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604105540/http://www.hindu.com/2000/08/30/stories/07300113.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|title=Bobby Aloysius scales to a surprise gold|date=30 August 2000|accessdate=22 January 2010|location=Chennai, India|first=K. P.|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|last=Mohan}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Bobby was born in [[Chemperi]], [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980722/20350464.html|title=Bobby's Flop show is a big hit|date=22 July 1998|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=22 January 2010}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universityofcalicut.info/dpe/start.htm|title=Department of Physical Education|publisher=University of Calicut|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129231236/http://universityofcalicut.info/dpe/start.htm|archivedate=29 January 2009|url-status=dead|accessdate=22 January 2010}}</ref>

==Career==
Bobby established the national record of 1.91m in women's high jump during the Olympic qualifications in 2004 in Chennai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/the-wait-is-over-for-bobby/articleshow/65847587.cms|title=The wait is over for Bobby - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref> ''“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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/sport-should-be-fun-says-bobby-aloysius/article2698409.ece|title=Sport should be fun, says Bobby Aloysius|last=Rayan|first=Stan|date=2011-12-09|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-27|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Her national record remained unbeaten till 2012, when Sahana Kumari cleared 1.92 m for the London Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Sahana-Kumari-qualifies-for-London-Olympics/articleshow/14362687.cms|title=Sahana Kumari qualifies for London Olympics|last=Jun 23|first=The writer has posted comments on this articlePTI {{!}}|last2=2012|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-07-27|last3=Ist|first3=10 37pm}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=1440281|title=ATHLETICS: Kerala's Bobby Aloysius Who won the women's High Jump event at the National Domestic... {{!}} The Hindu Images|website=thehinduimages.com|access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref>
{| {{AchievementTable}}
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!colspan="5"|Representing {{IND}}
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|2000
|[[2000 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Jakarta, Indonesia]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[2000 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's high jump|1.83 m]]
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|rowspan=3|2002
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Manchester, United Kingdom]]
|4th
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's high jump|1.87 m]]
|-
|[[2002 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Colombo, Sri Lanka]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's high jump|1.84 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Busan, South Korea]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's high jump|1.88 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|[[2003 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Manila, Philippines]]
|4th
|[[2003 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's high jump|1.80 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games|Afro-Asian Games]]
|[[Hyderabad, India]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games – Results#High jump 2|1.88 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|[[2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]
|[[Tehran, Iran]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[[2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results#High jump 2|1.81 m]]
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|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|28th (q)
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump|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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/sport-should-be-fun-says-bobby-aloysius/article2698409.ece|title=Sport should be fun, says Bobby Aloysius|last=Rayan|first=Stan|date=2011-12-09|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-27|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Citation|last=Tam|first=Kenneth|title=Extended UTM Functionality|date=2013|work=UTM Security with Fortinet|pages=249–305|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=9781597497473|last2=Hoz Salvador|first2=Martin|last3=McAlpine|first3=Ken|last4=Basile|first4=Rick|last5=Matsugu|first5=Bruce|last6=More|first6=Josh|doi=10.1016/b978-1-59-749747-3.00007-7}}</ref>

== Awards ==
After applying for the [[Dhyan Chand Award]] multiple times and losing the chance to receive it, Bobby was finally awarded with it in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/210918/virat-kohli-mirabai-chanu-rajiv-gandhi-khel-ratna-neeraj-chopra-arjuna.html|title=Virat Kohli, Mirabai Chanu to receive Khel Ratna on September 25: Sports Ministry|date=2018-09-21|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=2018-09-21|language=en}}</ref> She was presented the award on 25 September by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhawan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-photo/bobby-aloysius-receives-the-dhyan-chand-award-2018-for-her-news-photo/1044341592|title=Bobby Aloysius receives the Dhyan Chand Award 2018 for her...|website=Getty Images|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref> In one of her interviews, she said ''"I'm lucky to win it this time. I've been applying for this honour ever since Dhyan Chand Award was instituted in 2002.The honour will motivate me to take coaching seriously. After Nayana James left me after just one year of training under me, I stopped coaching. Now, I am planning to make a comeback to serious coaching."''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/the-wait-is-over-for-bobby/articleshow/65847587.cms|title=The wait is over for Bobby - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref>

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[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Malayali people]]
[[Category:Indian female high jumpers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Thiruvananthapuram]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of India]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:University of Calicut alumni]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Kerala]]
[[Category:Athletes from Kerala]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Dhyan Chand Award]]

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