The world’s oldest marathon runner, Fauja Singh, who was still competing after turning 100 more than a decade ago, died in a hit-and-run on Monday, according to India police. He was 114.

Fauja Singh, the oldest person ever to attain world fame as a long-distance runner, died on July 14 after being hit by a car while on a walk. Singh’s claimed date of birth was April 1, 1911, but he did not have a birth certificate.

The world’s oldest marathon runner has died at the age of 114 after ‘being hit by a car’. According to reports in India, Fauja Singh was hit as he crossed the road in his home village of Beas Pind in Punjab on Monday. He was believed to have been the world’s oldest marathon runner, competing up until the age of 101.