Ashis Roy

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 marathons. He graduated from the Government Boys' High School in Mawkhar, then attended St. Edmund's College, Assam Medical College (Medical Studies), and Pune University (MD) He joined the Indian Air Force in 1957 and served as a Wing Commander until 1978, when he retired after 21 years of service.

His daughter Amrita sometimes joins him for races in the US, where she lives. 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 Half Marathon (2015) in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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. 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. Roy began running only half marathons after a spinal injury in 2011 left him partially paralyzed. Wonderful Joys of Running (2014)

Full marathons run +Roy's full marathons broken down by country No. Country 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 Year Age Achievement Location Notes Ref 1992 60 First Indian to run a marathon at age 60 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 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 2007 75 First man 75+ to run 8 marathons within 8 months 2009 76 First Indian marathoner to publish a book about marathons The Joy of Running