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Fauja Singh
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- Fauja Singh, believed to be the world’s oldest distance runner, has died recently.
- Singh, an Indian-born British national, is nicknamed the “Turbaned Tornado”.
- In 2011, Fauja Singh, at the age of 100, achieved eight world age-group records in a single day.
- He was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor by the National Ethnic Coalition in 2003 for being a symbol of racial tolerance.
- He was the first non-American to receive the honour.
- Fauja Singh was also awarded the Pride of India title in 2011.
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