Personal information | |
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Full name | Vijay Pal Singh |
Nationality | Indian |
Born | Haryana, India | 1 January 1967
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Track and field athletics |
Event | Pole vault |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | outdoor: 5.10 m (1987, Indian record) |
Updated on 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.