Fauja Singh, regarded as the oldest person and the first centenarian to complete a full marathon, has died at the age of 114 after he was struck by a vehicle near his village in Punjab, India, media reports said.

Competing in London in 2011, he claimed to be 100, though his exact age remained a mystery. “I run while talking to God,” he said in explaining his endurance.

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, which would make him 114 years old at the time of his death, but he did not have a birth certificate.