Vijay Pal Singh


Vijay Pal Singh is a former Indian pole vaulter from Haryana who became the first Indian pole vaulter to clear 5.00 meters. He holds the current national record of 5.10 metres set in Thiruvananthapuram in 1987. It is one of the longest surviving National records in Indian athletics.
Vijay Pal was born in Haryana.