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{{Infobox person
| name = V. Anusuya Bai
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|8|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| known_for = [[Arjuna Award]]
| occupation = Athlete
}}

'''V. Anusuya Bai''' (born 23 August 1953) is an [[India]]n former [[track and field]] athlete. She won the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1975 and four gold medals at International Athletics Meet in Pakistan in 1976.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arjuna Award |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorat/rail_sport_pro/downloads/ARJUNA%20%20AWARDEES%20ON%20INDIAN%20RAILWAYS.pdf}}</ref><ref>[https://www.sdat.tn.gov.in/arjunaawardeespdf/anusiya_bai.pdf V.ANUSUYA BAI]. SDAT. Retrieved 2020-05-17.</ref> She was born in [[Chennai]], India. She represented India at the [[1973 Summer Universiade]] [[Moscow]], competing in [[sprint (running)|sprinting]] events and the [[discus throw]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Anusiya Bai data |url=https://www.sdat.tn.gov.in/arjunaawardeespdf/anusiya_bai.pdf}}</ref> She retired as a Deputy Chief Personnel Officer (Welfare), Southern Railway of Chennai, in August, 2013.<ref name=Hindu>{{cite news |title=Arjuna awardee hangs up her boots after a stint at Railways|date=30 August 2013|first=M. Dinesh | last=Varma | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/arjuna-awardee-hangs-up-her-boots-after-a-stint-at-railways/article5075139.ece | accessdate=2 July 2020}}</ref>

''[[The Hindu]]'' erroneously reported that she represented Asia at the first [[World Athletics Championship]] in [[Düsseldorf]], [[West Germany]] in 1977.<ref name=Hindu/> The event held that year was the [[1977 IAAF World Cup]] and Bai's name did not feature in the results.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151203042420/http://www.athleticsdb.com/1977-world-cup-athletics.php 1977 IAAF World Cup – Results]. Athletics DB (archived). Retrieved 2020-05-17.</ref>

She was the first woman from [[Tamil Nadu]] to receive the Arjuna Award – India's top national honour for sport.<ref>[https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/railway-sportswoman-contributes-rs-1-lakh-to-railways-113090301094_1.html Railway sportswoman contributes Rs 1 lakh to Railways]. Business Standard (2013-09-03). Retrieved 2020-05-17.</ref>

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