Rajinder Singh, MBE, more popularly known as the 'Skipping Sikh', is a British-Indian septuagenarian health and fitness personality.
[1] During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Singh started sharing exercise videos to inspire older members of the Asian community[2] to stay healthy whilst also raising money for the NHS.
[3] In 2021 Singh was invited to watch tennis in Wimbledon from the royal box.
[4] In the same year he also fulfilled a lifelong dream by running his first marathon at the age of 74.
[5][6] He arrived in the UK from India in 1970 after his father, a soldier in the British Indian Army, encouraged him to build a better life abroad.