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Detailed explanation-1: -A two-time Olympian, Anju Bobby George is India’s only medallist at the World Athletics Championships, winning a bronze in Paris in 2003.

Detailed explanation-2: -Former sprinter Donna Fraser, a champion for gender equality and the empowerment of women in athletics, has been named Woman of the Year as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which Indian athlete has won the ‘Woman of the Year’ Award by World Athletics? Notes: Indian athlete Anju Bobby George has been named as the Woman of the Year Award by World Athletics for encouraging young Indian girls to take up sports and fight for gender equality.

Detailed explanation-4: -The way Nikhat has bossed the year, going undefeated in every major event and winning all three titles via unanimous verdicts makes her ESPN India’s female Athlete of the Year (2022).