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Fauja Singh

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Fauja Singh (Punjabi: ਫੌਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ) is a British Sikh and retired marathon runner of Punjabi Indian descent. He has beaten a number of world records in multiple age brackets, but none of his times have been ratified as records. His personal best time for the London Marathon (2003) is 6 hours 2 minutes, and his marathon best, claimed for the 90-plus age bracket, is 5 hours 40 minutes at the alleged age of 92, at the 2003 Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fauja Singh is the 903rd most popular athlete (down from 523rd in 2019), the 659th most popular biography from India (down from 581st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Fauja Singh ranks 903 out of 6,025. Before him are Helena Fibingerová, Frantz Reichel, Gábor Delneky, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and Ileana Silai. After him are Kalervo Toivonen, Bilistiche, Hans Kalt, Josef Feistmantl, Ion Panțuru, and István Tóth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Fauja Singh ranks 278. Before him are C. L. Moore, Adam Kozłowiecki, Armandinho, István Énekes, Milan Stojanović, and Clare Hollingworth. After him are Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu, Leen Vente, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Lisa Fonssagrives, and Sten Suvio.

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In India

Among people born in India, Fauja Singh ranks 659 out of 1,861. Before him are Shriram Lagoo (1927), Kiran Bedi (1949), Kamala Surayya (1934), Manna Dey (1919), Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939), and Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (1884). After him are Indira Nath (1938), Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (1565), Dia Mirza (1981), Fathima Beevi (1927), Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886), and Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911).

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Among ATHLETES In India

Among athletes born in India, Fauja Singh ranks 6. Before him are Godfrey Brown (1915), Balbir Singh Sr. (1923), Charles Gmelin (1872), Launceston Elliot (1874), and K. D. Jadhav (1926). After him are P. T. Usha (1964), Leslie Claudius (1927), Udham Singh (1928), Richard Allen (1902), Deepika Kumari (1994), and Ajit Pal Singh (1947).

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