Vijay Pal Singh Explained

Vijay Pal Singh
Fullname:Vijay Pal Singh
Nationality:Indian
Birth Date:1967 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Haryana, India
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Sport:Track and field athletics
Event:Pole vault
Pb:outdoor: 5.10 m
(1987, Indian record)
Updated:19 September 2009

Vijay Pal Singh (born 1 January 1967) is a former Indian pole vaulter from Haryana who became the first Indian pole vaulter to clear 5.00 meters.[1] He holds the current national record of 5.10 metres set in Thiruvananthapuram in 1987.[2] It was one of the longest surviving national records in Indian athletics, until it was bettered in 2018 by subramani siva[3] [4]

Vijay Pal was born in Haryana.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Manorama year book. Malayala Manorama. 1986.
  2. Web site: Current men's outdoor national records. 2009-04-22. PoleVaultPower.com. 2009-09-19.
  3. Web site: Official Website of Athletics Federation of India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009. Athletics Federation of INDIA. 2009-09-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20090805174209/http://indianathletics.org/isr.php. 5 August 2009. dead. dmy-all.
  4. News: K. P. Mohan. Gajanan, Jora Singh rewrite meet records . https://web.archive.org/web/20050619080950/http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/03/stories/2005060305542100.htm. dead. 2005-06-19. 2005-06-03. The Hindu. 2009-09-19.