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Fauja Singh BEM (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.
Dimitrion Yordanidis held the record for the oldest marathon runner in history until the year Fauja Singh displaced him. He was a runner from Greece. Next to nothing is known about Yordanidis.
31 Μαρ 2023 · Having taken up running to overcome grief at the age of 89, Fauja Singh, now retired, has numerous records to his name in multiple age brackets. Originally a farmer from Punjab, the long distance runner is also believed to be the oldest man to have completed a full marathon, at the age of 100.
Haile Gebrselassie is regarded as one of the greatest distance runners in history. Sohn Kee-chung is the first Korean Olympic Champion in any discipline. The "Duel in the Sun" with Alberto Salazar at the 1982 Boston Marathon. Held the world record for the span of 10 years. In 1963, he became the first American to hold the world record since 1925.
9 Μαΐ 2013 · In his late 80s, and feeling “more dead than alive” following the loss of his wife and one of his sons, he took up marathon running. Now 102, he has become an unlikely celebrity despite a birth...
3 Αυγ 2023 · In December 2022, 92-year-old Mathea Allansmith crossed the Honolulu Marathon finish line in 11:19:49, becoming the oldest woman to have ever completed a 26.2-mile race. She surpassed the...
Shizo Kanakuri (金栗 四三, Kanaguri Shisō [nb 1], 20 August 1891 – 13 November 1983) was a Japanese marathon runner celebrated as the "father of marathon" in Japan. [2]
