10 most famous Indian marathon runners of all time

#8 Ram Singh Yadav (Professional)

After Shivnath Singh, it was Ram Singh Yadav who became he second Indian runner to ever qualify for the marathon event at the summer Olympics. After missing the qualification mark i.e. 2 hours 18 minutes by a mere 23 seconds at the time of the Beijing summer Olympics, Yadav trained rigorously for the London 2012 Olympics and managed to clocka time of 2 hours 16 minutes and 39 seconds at the Mumbai marathon.

Yadav comes from a humble background, with his father working as a fruit seller and him being employed as a Hawaldar in the Indian Army. Despite any shortcomings, he has shown true grit and immense will-power to emerge as one of the rising stars of Indian running.