Top 10 late-bloomers in the history of sports

#9 Fauja Singh

Fauja Singh is 104 years old and continues to run at international marathon events.

To try to decribe Fauja Singh, who turned 104 on first April, is to beggar the imagination. A marathon runner, Fauja Singh is the holder of a number of records, including the World Record for the Marathon in his age bracket.

Interestingly enough, Fauja Singh, whose passion for running has left the entire world in a daze developed the ability to walk only at the age of five. Although he was a passionate runner, he gave it up following the partition of India only to return to it following the death of his son in 1994.

Unfazed by the difficulty that running a marathon involved, Fauja trained hard to participate in international marathon events before he shot to fame at the age of 93 when he completed the race (26.2 miles) in six hours and 54 minutes.