Vijay Pal Singh | |
Fullname: | Vijay Pal Singh |
Nationality: | Indian |
Birth Date: | 1967 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Haryana, India |
Country: | |
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.