Jalandhar: Veteran marathoner and sprinter Fauja Singh died in a road accident in Beas village of Jalandhar district on Monday. He was 114.<\/p>\n
According to information, the incident took place around 3 pm when Fauja Singh was walking outside his house and was hit by a vehicle. He was first taken to a nearby hospital and later referred to a private hospital in Jalandhar, where doctors declared him dead.<\/p>\n
Born on April 1, 1911, in Beas village, Fauja Singh developed a passion for running in his youth but remained deeply affected by the partition of the country in 1947. He was not formally educated and could only speak Punjabi.<\/p>\n
On October 16, 2011, Fauja Singh became the world\u2019s first 100-year-old sprinter to complete the Toronto Marathon, finishing in 8 hours, 11 minutes and 6 seconds. Initially, Guinness World Records did not recognise the record due to the absence of a birth certificate.<\/p>\n
His British passport and a letter from Queen Elizabeth on his 100th birthday were later accepted, and his name was recorded in the Guinness World Records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jalandhar: Veteran marathoner and sprinter Fauja Singh died in a road accident in Beas village of Jalandhar district on Monday. He was 114. According to information, the incident took place around 3 pm when Fauja Singh was walking outside his house and was hit by a vehicle. He was first taken to a nearby hospital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":46040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,19],"tags":[6381],"class_list":["post-46039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-latest","tag-jalandhar-veteran-marathoner-and-sprinter-fauja-singh-died-in-a-road-accident-in-beas-village-of-jalandhar-district-on-monday-he-was-114-according-to-information"],"yoast_head":"\n