Ashis Roy

Dr. Ashis Roy (born June 1, 1932) is the first man from India to run 100 marathons. He ran his first Marathon at the age of 52, and completed his 109th Marathon (the Potomac River Run Marathon) on May 1, 2011 at 78.^[1] He is a cardiologist, and the author of "The Joy of Running".^[2]

Career

Dr. (Wing Commander) Ashis Roy served in the Indian Air Force for 21 years and after retirement settled in New Delhi in 1978 as a Practicing Physician Cardiologist.^{[citation needed]} At the age of 50 years Dr. Roy took up jogging and running to maintain good health. He ran his 1st Marathon at the age of 52 years and by the time he became 75 years old, he had completed 82 marathon races, which is a National record for men in India.^{[citation needed]} His achievements in the field of most strenuous sports of running 42.2 km. marathon, is the rarest example of extraordinary excellence in sports.^{[citation needed]}

Records

• Dr. Ashis Roy is arguably the only Indian to have run a Marathon in 21 countries

Dr. Roy's 85 Marathons broken down by Country

No.	Country	Number of Marathons
1	India	31
2	United States	26
3	Canada	9
4	United Kingdom	2
5	Greece	1
6	Netherlands	1
7	Poland	1
8	Finland	1
9	Sweden	1
10	Norway	1
11	Japan	1
12	Korea	1
13	Malaysia	1
14	Macau	1
15	Australia	1
16	New Zealand	1
17	Russia	1
18	Germany	1
19	Czechoslovakia	1
20	Austria	1
21	Pakistan	1
	Total	85

• Dr. Roy is arguably the first Indian to have run a Marathon race after attaining the age of 60 years as well as 70 years.

• Dr. Roy is the first Indian who has run the following three Marathons within a space of 4 Weeks:

1. B.S.F. 50 Years Independence Marathon Delhi – 19th Oct. 1997
2. New York City Marathon – 2nd Nov. 1997^[3]
3. Ocean State Marathon Rhode Island – 9th Nov. 1997^[4]

• Dr. Roy is the only Asian to have run the following three Marathon Races in U.S.A. on three consecutive Sundays and stood first in all three races in his age group of 65 – 69 Years:

1. Toledo Glass City Marathon – 25 April 1999.^[5]
2. Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon – 2 May 1999.^[6]
3. Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon – 9 May 1999.^[7]

• Dr. Roy is the first man in the world above 70 yrs to run two marathons on two consecutive Sundays:

1. First one in Prague International Marathon on 18 May 2003^[8] &
2. Second one on 25 May 2003 in Vienna City Marathon.^[9]

• Roy is the only man in the world above 70 yrs who has run three marathons within a span of six weeks. He ran the following three marathons in six weeks:

1. Charlottesville Marathon on April 16.^[10]
2. Forest City Marathon on May 8 of 2005.^[11]
3. Buffalo Marathon on May 29, 2005 at Buffalo, New York.^[12]

• Dr. Roy is the only man in the World above 75 years who has run eight marathons within a span of eight months:

1. Mumbai Marathon, Mumbai, India on 21 January 2007^[13]
2. Shamrock Festival Marathon, Virginia Beach, VA, USA on 18 March 2007^[14]
3. Country Music Marathon, Nashville, USA on 28April 2007^[15]
4. Delaware Marathon, DE, USA on 20 May 2007^[16]
5. Hatfield-McCoy Marathon, Williamson, WV, USA on 9 June 2007^[17]
6. Foot Traffic Flat Marathon, Portland, OR USA on 4 July 2007^[18]
7. Edmonton Marathon, Canada on 12 August 2007^[19]
8. US Air Force Marathon, Dayton, US on 15 September 2007

Age Group Medals

Dr. Roy has won medals in his age group in the following International Marathons:

1. International Veterans Marathon, Athens (1986) – 3rd Position.
2. Asian Veteran Marathon, Kuala Lumpur (1990) – 1st Position.
3. Toledo Marathon USA– (1999) 1st Position.^[5]
4. Cleveland Marathon USA– (1999) 1st Position.^[6]
5. Cincinnati Marathon USA– (1999) 1st Position^[7]
6. National Capital Marathon, Ottawa (2000) – 2nd Position.
7. Pepsi Millennium Marathon, Burlington (2000) – 1st Position.
8. Midnight Sun Marathon, Tromso (2002) – 2nd Position.
9. Prague International Marathon (2003)- 1st Position.^[8]
10. Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, San Diego, CA, USA (2004) – 3rd Position^[20]
11. Lahore International Marathon, Pakistan (2005) – 1st Position.
12. Charlottesville Marathon, Charlottesville, VA, USA – (2005) – 1st Position.^[10]
13. Forest City Marathon, London, Ontario, Canada (2005) – 1st Position.^[11]
14. Frederick Marathon, Frederick, MD, USA (2006)- 2nd Position.^[21]
15. HSBC Calgary Marathon, Calgary, Canada (2006) 2nd Position.^[22]
16. Country Music Marathon, Nashville USA (2007) 3rd Position.^[15]
17. Foot Traffic Flat Marathon, Portland, USA (2007) 2nd Position ^[18]
18. Edmonton Marathon, Edmonton, Canada (2007) 2nd Position ^[19]
19. Friendly Massey Marathon, Massey Ontario, Canada (2008) 3rd Position.

References

1. ^ "India’s Ashis Roy, 78, completes 109th marathon". http://www.in.com/news/current-affairs/fullstory-indias-ashis-roy-78-completes-109th-marathon-18763131-79b922969e8f37c9e51139e988796f7a35b170b8-rhp.html. 
2. ^ "Potomac River Run Marathon". http://mc-coop.org/marathon. 
3. ^ ING New York City Marathon Results Archive Page
4. ^ Results from Ocean State Marathon 1997
5. ^ ^{a b} Toledo Glass City Marathon 1997 Results
6. ^ ^{a b} Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon 1999 Results
7. ^ ^{a b} Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon 1999 Results
8. ^ ^{a b} Prague International Marathon 2003 Press Release
9. ^ Results from Vienna City Marathon 2003
10. ^ ^{a b} Results Search page for Charlottesville Marathon 2005
11. ^ ^{a b} Results Search page for Fores City Marathon 2005
12. ^ Results from Buffalo Marathon 2005
13. ^ Results from Mumbai Marathon 2007
14. ^ Shamrock Festival Marathon 2007 Results
15. ^ ^{a b} Results Search Page for Country Music Marathon 2007
16. ^ Delaware Marathon 2007 Results
17. ^ Hatfield-McCoy Marathon 2007 Results Search page
18. ^ ^{a b} Results from Foot Traffic Flat Marathon 2007
19. ^ ^{a b} Results from Edmonton Marathon 2007
20. ^ Results Search Page for Rock 'n' Roll Marathon San Diego 2004
21. ^ Results Search page for Frederick Marathon 2006
22. ^ Results from HSBC Calgary Marathon 2006

External links

• Limca Book of Records
• IANS news story about Dr. Roy completing his 85th marathon
• Yahoo! India News Story - India's grand old marathon man runs 84th race
• IANS Article about Dr. Roy completing his 82nd marathon - written in May 2008
• IANS Article about Dr. Roy's passion for running - written in Nov 2007
• Photo from Delaware Marathon 2008
• Photos from Georgia Marathon 2008
• An Apt Role Model for Today's India - A blog-article about Dr. Ashis Roy

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