Chandigarh: Centenarian sprinter Man Kaur has died of a heart attack, her son Gurdev Singh said on Saturday (July 31). Man Kaur was 105 and is survived by two sons and a daughter. As per family source info, t she was admitted to Derabassi Ayurvedic hospital and breathed her last at around 1 pm today. Born on March 1, 1916, Kaur was known as the "Miracle Mom from Chandigarh". She shot to fame after winning the 100-meter sprint at the World Masters Games in Auckland in 2017.
Man Kaur is an Indian centenarian track-and-field athlete. She holds the world records in the Over-100 years old categories for a variety of events. When she was 103 she was given the Nari Shakti Puraskar award by the President of India. Kaur is about five feet tall and only speaks Punjabi, but she has won multiple gold medals at the World Masters Athletics Championships.
On 8 March (International Women's Day) 2020, she was given the Nari Shakti Puraskar award. The award was made at the Presidential palace in New Delhi by the President of India with the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in attendance. She is nicknamed the "Miracle from Chandigarh".
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