Fauja Singh ( Marathon runner )
He has replaced David Beckham as Adidas's new poster boy. On the latest Adidas billboards, spread across London, he is sitting cross-legged; as if cooling his heals after a day's work out, peeping over Londoners, tired and overworked, telling them the secrets of his unfailing energy. Fauja Singh, Britain's most popular Sikh
FAUJA SINGH'S STATS
- Born: 1 April 1911 in India
- Former occupation: Farmer
- Running career: Rediscovered at age of 81
- Diet: Ginger curry
- Marathons: London (5), Toronto (1), New York (1)
- Marathon debut: London, 2000 aged 89
- London marathon pb: 6h 2m
Fauja Singh is a Sikh marathon runner in his nineties from India who is a world-record holder in his age bracket. His current personal best time for the London marathon is 6 hours 2 minutes, and his marathon record, for age 90-plus, is 5 hours 40 minutes at the age of 92
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