Surat Mathur

{{Short description|Indian long-distance runner (1930–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Surat Mathur | birth_name = Surat Singh Mathur | image = | caption = | nationality = Indian | sport = Long-distance running | event = Marathon | club = | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|8|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = Delhi, India | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|6|11|1930|8|22|df=yes}} | death_place = Delhi, India | height = | weight = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry| {{IND}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{Medal|Bronze|1951 New Delhi|Marathon}} }}

'''Surat Mathur''' (22 August 1930 – 11 June 2021)<ref>[https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/indian-olympian-surat-singh-mathur-passes-away-1952-helsinki-olympics-marathon/article34792465.ece/ Indian Olympian Surat Singh Mathur passes away]</ref> was an Indian long-distance runner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71443 |title=Surat Mathur |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref> He competed in the marathon at the 1952 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/surat-mathur-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100014/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/surat-mathur-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Surat Mathur Olympic Results |accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref> He also won a bronze medal at the 1951 Asian Games.

Mathur died from COVID-19 in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-06-12 |title=1951 Asiad medallist and 1952 Olympics marathoner Surat Singh Mathur dies of COVID-19 |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/1951-asiad-medallist-and-1952-olympics-marathoner-surat-singh-mathur-dies-of-covid-19/articleshow/83463155.cms?fbclid=IwAR24E-UQ51KYOfKGhfgEpOJr-BTgUyDruLWktFmx0NQLy_2j6ka9g41wlX0 |access-date=2023-07-21 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

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