# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/milkha-singh
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:44:41.293Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/milkha-singh"
name: "Milkha Singh"
slug: "milkha-singh"
description: "Milkha Singh, 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 athlete to win gold at 400 metres at the Asian Games as well as the Commonwealth Games. He has 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. Singh was awarded the Padma Shri in 1959, India's fourth-highest civilian honour, in recognition of his sporting achievements."
tagline: "Indian track and field athlete (1935–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Milkha_Singh.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1929-11-20"
deathDate: "2021-06-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump