Vijay Pal Singh
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Vijay Pal Singh is a former India
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who became the first Indian pole vaulter to clear 5.00 meters. Vijay Pal holds the current national record of 5.10 metres set in Thiruvanathapuram in 1987. It is one of the longest surviving National records in Indian athletics.
Vijay Pal was born in Haryana
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India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
er from Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
who became the first Indian pole vaulter to clear 5.00 meters. Vijay Pal holds the current national record of 5.10 metres set in Thiruvanathapuram in 1987. It is one of the longest surviving National records in Indian athletics.
Vijay Pal was born in Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
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