Rajinder Singh, MBE, more popularly known as the 'Skipping Sikh', is a

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health and fitness personality.

Career

During the 2020

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, Singh started sharing exercise videos to inspire older members of the Asian community to stay healthy whilst also raising money for the

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. In 2021 Singh was invited to watch tennis in Wimbledon from the royal box. In the same year he also fulfilled a lifelong dream by running his first marathon at the age of 74. He arrived in the UK from India in 1970 after his father, a soldier in the

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, encouraged him to build a better life abroad.

Awards

* He was awarded an MBE in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to health and fitness which he dedicated to India. * He was awarded a Points of Light award in 2020 from the Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Rajinder Living people Indian emigrants to the United Kingdom 1940s births Members_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire