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{{short description|Indian long-distance runner}}
{{distinguish|Ashiesh Roy}}
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[[Wing commander|Wing Commander]] '''Ashis Roy''', MD FRCS (born 1 June 1932) is a runner, author, and cardiologist best known as the first Indian man to run 100 [[Marathon|marathons]].<ref name=nn/> As of 2015, he has completed 145 total races, 115 of which are full marathons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2015/india-abroad/ashis-roy-83-takes-his-marathon-tally-to-145.html|title=Ashis Roy, 83, takes his marathon tally to 145|date=2015-09-21|publisher=The Pioneer|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref><ref name=standard/>

==Biography==
Roy was born 1 June 1932 in [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]], [[India]], the son of sports player and organizer Sudha Sindhu Roy.<ref name=nn/><ref name=shillong>{{cite web|url=https://theshillongtimes.com/2013/04/07/marathon-marathoner/|title=Marathon marathoner|date=2013-04-07|newspaper=[[The Shillong Times]]|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref> He graduated from the Government Boys' High School in Mawkhar, then attended [[St. Edmund's College, Shillong|St. Edmund's College]], [[Assam Medical College]] (Medical Studies), and [[Savitribai Phule Pune University|Pune University]] (MD)<ref name=shillong/><ref name=nn>{{cite web|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/meet-marathon-man-india.html|last=Sarma|first=Ramala|title=Meet the Marathon Man of India|date=2018-03-30|publisher=Northeast Now|access-date=2021-08-15}}</ref> He joined the [[Indian Air Force]] in 1957 and served as a [[Wing commander|Wing Commander]] until 1978, when he retired after 21 years of service.<ref name=nn/><ref name=stop/> After leaving the military, he became a consulting physician and cardiologist in [[Chittaranjan Park]], [[Delhi]].<ref name=nn/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/125448/at-78-ashish-roy-marathon.html|title=At 78, Ashish Roy is marathon man of India|last=Sinha|first=Anil|date=2011-01-01|publisher=Deccan Herald|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref>

His daughter Amrita sometimes joins him for races in the US, where she lives.<ref name=sentinel/> He has another daughter who lives in Canada and a son who lives in London.<ref name=shillong/>

==Running==
Roy's first competitive race was a one-mile run in 1949 when he was 16.<ref name=nn/> He did not run a marathon until the Rath Marathon in Delhi in 1985 after he left the Air Force.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/india-s-ashis-roy-78-completes-110th-marathon-news-international-lfqlahicdaf.html|title=India's Ashis Roy, 78, completes 110th marathon|date=2011-05-16|publisher=sify news|access-date=2021-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218150733/http://www.sify.com/news/india-s-ashis-roy-78-completes-110th-marathon-news-international-lfqlahicdaf.html|archive-date=2013-12-18}}</ref><ref name=nn/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.100marathonclub.us/Newsletters/newsletter_22.html|title=WELCOME TO 6 NEW MEMBERS|date=2010-10-20|publisher=100 Marathon Club North America|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref> Some of the races he has run include the World Veterans Games (1987) in [[Melbourne, Australia]], the 100th [[Boston Marathon]] (1996) in the US, the Millennium Marathon Burlington (2000) in Canada, the [[Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race]] (2008) in the US, and the [[Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series|Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon]] (2015) in [[Chicago, Illinois]], USA.<ref name=nn/><ref name=sentinel>{{cite web|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/news/ashis-roy-83-takes-his-marathon-tally-to-145/|title=Ashis Roy, 83, takes his marathon tally to 145|date=2015-09-21|publisher=The Sentinel|access-date=2021-08-15}}</ref>

On 17 January 2010, he became the first person from India to run 100 marathons and was the first Indian ever to join the [[100 Marathon Club]], which he did in 2015.<ref name=nn/><ref name=khel>{{cite web|url=https://www.mykhel.com/more-sports/delhi-man-ashis-roy-81-takes-marathon-tally-to-133-064860.html|title=Delhi man Ashis Roy, 81, takes marathon tally to 133|date=2017-08-24|publisher=myKhel|access-date=2021-08-15}}</ref><ref name=tribune>{{cite web|url=https://assamtribune.com/ashis-roy-completes-102nd-marathon|title=Ashis Roy completes 102nd marathon|date=2010-09-14|publisher=Assam Tribune|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref> In 2013, when he was 81 and had run 115 races, he was listed in the ''[[Limca Book of Records]]'' as the oldest marathoner in India.<ref name=nn/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/98829|title=India's marathon man Ashis Roy completes 90th marathon|date=2009-05-18|publisher=NTI|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref> Roy began running only [[Half marathon|half marathons]] after a spinal injury in 2011 left him partially paralyzed.<ref name=khel/>

==Publications==
*''Joy of Running'' (2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sport-set-up-in-india-needs-to-be-changed-ashis-roy/articleshow/7066695.cms|title=Sport set-up in India needs to be changed: Ashis Roy|date=2010-12-08|publisher=The Times of India|access-date=2021-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.100marathonclub.us/Newsletters/NL45.pdf|title=100 Marathon Club North America Newsletter #45|date=2015-07-01|publisher=100 Marathon Club North America|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref>
*''Wonderful Joys of Running'' (2014)<ref name=stop>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/the-man-who-never-stops-running/article5723365.ece|title=The man who never stops running|last=Tankha|first=Madhur|date=2016-03-18|publisher=The Hindu|access-date=2021-08-15}}</ref>

==Full marathons run==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Roy's full marathons broken down by country<ref name=standard>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/delhi-man-ashis-roy-81-takes-marathon-tally-to-133-113091600505_1.html|title= Delhi man Ashis Roy, 81, takes marathon tally to 133|date=2013-09-16|publisher=Business Standard|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref>
|-
!width="10%"| No.
! width="65%" | Country
! width="25%" | Number of Marathons
|-
! 1
| [[India]] || 40
|-
! 2
| [[United States]] || 44
|-
! 3
| [[Canada]] || 12
|-
! 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''' || '''115'''
|}

==Achievements==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! Year
! Age
! Achievement
! Location
! Notes
! Ref
|-
| 1992
| 60
| First Indian to run a marathon at age 60
|
|
|<ref name=times>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-28/india/28100815_1_marathons-pheidippides-roy|last=Bhaduri|first=Partha|title=Around the world in 100 runs|date=2009-11-28|publisher=Times of India|access-date=2021-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019051807/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-28/india/28100815_1_marathons-pheidippides-roy|archive-date=2013-10-19}}</ref>
|-
| 1999
| 66
| Only Asian to have run marathons in the USA on three consecutive Sundays
| USA
| Toledo Glass City Marathon, Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theshillongtimes.com/2018/06/01/the-mpsc-conundrum/|title=The MPSC Conundrum|date=2018-06-01|newspaper=[[The Shillong Times]]|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref><ref name="toledo1999">{{Cite web |url=http://www.toledoroadrunners.org/gcm/1999res.htm |title=Toledo Glass City Marathon 1997 Results |access-date=2008-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708201202/http://www.toledoroadrunners.org/gcm/1999res.htm |archive-date=2008-07-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clevelandmarathon.com/runners-info/past-race-results/1999-timed-results.aspx|title=1999 timed results|date=n.d.|publisher=Cleveland Marathon|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flyingpigmarathon.com/results/1999results.htm|title=1999 Results|access-date=2021-08-16|publisher=Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612062509/http://www.flyingpigmarathon.com/results/1999results.htm|archive-date=2008-06-12}}</ref>
|-
| 2003
| 71
| First Indian age 70+ to run in two European marathons on consecutive Sundays
| Europe (Czech Republic, Austria)
| Prague International Marathon and Vienna International Marathon
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2007nov11/septuagenarian_ashis_roys_romance_marathons.html|title=Septuagenarian Ashis Roy’s romance with marathons|last=Roy|first=Abhishek|date=2007-11-12|publisher=Two Circles|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marathonguide.com/pressreleases/index.cfm?file=prague_030518|title= Press Release - Prague International Marathon - 5/18/03|date=2003-05-18|publisher=Marathon Guide|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030518/sports.htm|title=Marathon Man|date=2003|publisher=Tribune India|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
| 75
| First man 75+ to run 8 marathons within 8 months
|
|
|<ref name=times/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twocircles.net/2008aug23/indias_marathon_man_ashis_roy_completes_85th_marathon.html|title=India’s marathon man Ashis Roy completes 85th marathon|last=Kumar|first=Arun|date=2008-08-23|publisher=TwoCircles|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref>
|-
| 2009
| 76
| First Indian marathoner to publish a book about marathons
|
| ''The Joy of Running''
| <ref name=shillong/>
|-
| 2010
| 77
| 100th race run
| [[Mumbai, India]]
|
|<ref name=tribune/>
|-
| 2012
| 80
| Best Sports Person of the Year
| India
| Presented by the Union Ministry of Social Welfare
|<ref name=shillong/>
|-
| 2015
| 83
| Induction into the [[100 Marathon Club]]
| [[Mumbai, India]]
| First Indian to be made a member
| <ref name=shillong/><ref name=tribune/>
|-
| 2015
| 83
| Run with Me Foundation Runner of the Year Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.runneroftheyearawards.com/2015-results.html|title=Winners, Runner of the Year Awards 2015|date=2015|publisher=Runner of the Year Awards|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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