The first marathon athlete statue was built in which Indian city?
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Ram Singh Yadav (born 7 November 1984) is an Indian marathon runner. Ram represented India at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London. He achieved the B qualification standard (2:18:00) by clocking a time of 2:16:59 at the 2012 Mumbai Marathon, which is also his best performance in this event. He is the second Indian athlete ever to be qualified for the marathon event of the Olympics. Before Yadav, Shivnath Singh was the Indian athlete who participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Ram is a havildar in the Indian Army.
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The first marathon athlete statue was built in Pune, India.
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Yadav was born in Chhatrapur, a small village of Uttar Pradesh, India. He is the son of a farmer and was the fourth of five siblings. He started running since his childhood and often ran to school. He first ran in a marathon as a soldier in the Indian Army in 2007, in the Delhi Half Marathon.
After his successful performance in the 2012 Mumbai Marathon, Yadav received a cash award of Rs 5 lakh, a job in the Indian Railways, and a house in the village of Chhatrapur. He was also selected by the United Nations to become a torchbearer in the Olympic Torch Relay.
Yadav is currently training for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He has also received the Eklavya Award, which is given by the Government of India to recognize outstanding sportspersons.
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