Budhia Singh
Budhia Singh (* 2002 in Bhubaneswar , Orissa ) is an Indian long-distance runner. He is the youngest long-distance runner in the world.
On May 1, 2006, Budhia ran a distance of 65 kilometers from the Jagannath Temple in Puri to Bhubaneswar in about seven hours. He went all the way to "hardening" without food and drink. He made it into the Indian Limca record book. At the age of four he had already run six half marathons. He was trained by Biranchi Das , who adopted him, from the age of two . On April 14, 2008, the 40-year-old coach was gunned down in front of his training grounds in Bhubaneshwar, in the Indian state of Orissa, and died.
On May 8, 2006, the government ordered that Budhia could no longer walk until 2013 for health reasons. In the meantime (2014) he attends a school for talented athletes, but only rarely runs.
Web links
- What happened to Budhia Singh, India's marathon boy? at BBC News on March 16, 2011
- Gemma Atwal: Marathon Boy , documentary 2011
Individual evidence
- ^ Child prodigy: Marathon tot runs 65 kilometers. In: Spiegel Online . May 2, 2006, accessed June 10, 2018 .
- ↑ TV station arte - broadcast Der Marathon-Boy July 15, 2007 11 p.m.
- ^ Coach of a six-year-old runner shot dead , Spiegel Online , April 14, 2008
- ↑ Competitive sports in childhood: At the age of four the first marathon on spiegel.de, accessed on November 15, 2015
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| SURNAME | Singh, Budhia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian marathon runner and youngest marathon runner in the world |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2002 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bhubaneswar , India |