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| event = [[400 metres]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|12|18}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Karala, Delhi|Karala]], [[Delhi]], India<br />
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'''Lalit Mathur''' (born 18 December 1994)<ref>{{cite web|title=MATHUR Lalit - Olympic Athletics|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/lalit-mathur|publisher=Rio 2016|accessdate=12 August 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817092548/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/lalit-mathur|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an Indian [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]]. He was part of India's six-member [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 metres relay]] team at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<br />
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==Early and personal life==<br />
Mathur was born on 18 December 1994 in the village of [[Karala, Delhi|Karala]] which is located northwest of [[Delhi]]. He started practising athletics at the age of five. His father Vinod Mathur, who is a cable TV operator, took him for training every morning on his bicycle for three years. In order to consume unadulterated milk, Mathur [[Livestock|domesticated]] a buffalo at his home.<ref name=toi>{{cite news|last1=Akram|first1=Maria|title=Delhi sprinter part of Indian CWG team|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delhi-sprinter-part-of-Indian-CWG-team/articleshow/38513627.cms|accessdate=12 August 2016|work=The Times of India|date=17 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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Mathur is claimed to have played the [[body double]] of [[Farhan Akhtar]] in the 2013 [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Bhaag Milkha Bhaag]]''.<ref name=toi/><ref>{{cite web|title=Lalit Mathur|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1074075/lalit_mathur.html|publisher=Glasgow 2014|accessdate=12 August 2016|archive-date=25 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825115716/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1074075/lalit_mathur.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of July 2016, he is a third year student at [[Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College]] in Delhi.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sharma|first1=Riya|title=Delhi boy aims to bring home gold|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delhi-boy-aims-to-bring-home-gold/articleshow/53319452.cms|accessdate=12 August 2016|work=The Times of India|date=22 July 2016}}</ref><br />
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