Lalit Mathur

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Lalit Mathur
Personal information
Born (1994-12-18) 18 December 1994 (age 27)
Karala, Delhi, India
Sport
Country India
SportTrack and field
Event(s)400 metres

Lalit Mathur (born 18 December 1994)[1] is an Indian sprinter. He was part of India's six-member 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Early and personal life[]

Mathur was born on 18 December 1994 in the village of Karala which is located northwest of Delhi. He started practising athletics at the age of five. His father Vinod Mathur, who is a cable TV operator, took him for training every morning on his bicycle for three years. In order to consume unadulterated milk, Mathur domesticated a buffalo at his home.[2]

Mathur is claimed to have played the body double of Farhan Akhtar in the 2013 Bollywood film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.[2][3] As of July 2016, he is a third year student at Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College in Delhi.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "MATHUR Lalit - Olympic Athletics". Rio 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b Akram, Maria (17 July 2014). "Delhi sprinter part of Indian CWG team". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Lalit Mathur". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  4. ^ Sharma, Riya (22 July 2016). "Delhi boy aims to bring home gold". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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