For the Indian Test cricketer, see A. G. Milkha Singh.
Milkha Singh
Singh in 2012
Personal information
Nickname
The Flying Sikh
Nationality
Indian
Born
(1929-11-20)20 November 1929 Govindpura, Punjab, British India (now Punjab, Pakistan)
Died
18 June 2021(2021-06-18) (aged 91) Chandigarh, India
Occupation
Athlete
Employer(s)
Retired; formerly of the Indian Army and Government of Punjab, India
Spouse
Nirmal Saini
(m. 1963; died 2021)
Military career
Allegiance
India
Service/branch
Indian Army
Years of service
1951–1964
Rank
Honorary Captain
Awards
Padma Shri
Sport
Sport
Track and field
Event
Sprinting
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing India
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1958 Cardiff
440 yards
Asian Games
1958 Tokyo
200 m
1958 Tokyo
400 m
1962 Jakarta
400 m
1962 Jakarta
4 × 400 m relay
National Games of India
1958 Cuttack
200 m
1958 Cuttack
400 m
1964 Calcutta
400 m
Milkha Singh (20 November 1929 – 18 June 2021),[a][2] also known as "The Flying Sikh", was an Indian track and field sprinter who was introduced to the sport while serving in the Indian Army. He is the only athlete to win gold at 400 metres at the Asian Games as well as the Commonwealth Games. He also won gold medals in the 1958 and 1962 Asian Games. He represented India in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour, in recognition of his sporting achievements.
The race for which Singh was best remembered is his fourth-place finish in the 400 metres final at the 1960 Olympic Games, which he had entered as one of the favourites. He led the race till the 200m mark before easing off, allowing others to pass him. Various records were broken in the race, which required a photo-finish and saw American Otis Davis being declared the winner by one-hundredth of a second over German Carl Kaufmann. Singh's fourth-place time of 45.73 seconds was the Indian national record for almost 40 years.[citation needed]
From beginnings that saw him orphaned and displaced during the Partition of India, Singh has become a sporting icon in his country. In 2008, journalist Rohit Brijnath described Singh as "the finest athlete India has ever produced".[3]
Singh died from complications of COVID-19 on 18 June 2021, at the age of 91, five days after his wife, Nirmal Saini.[4][5]
^Bhagat, Shalini Venugopal (23 June 2021). "Milkha Singh, Track Star of Post-Colonial India, Is Dead". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^"Milkha Singh passes away after long battle with Covid". The Times of India. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
^Brijnath, Rohit (30 July 2008). "The 'Flying Sikh' remembers". BBC News. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
^"Milkha Singh: India's 'Flying Sikh' dies from Covid". BBC News. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^"Milkha Singh, India's 'Flying Sikh', dies of COVID". Al Jazeera. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
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