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Manjit Singh (strongman)
Manjit Singh is a strongman originally from India, who moved to Leicstershire in 1977 and set up a security company. He has been titled in some quarters as, 'the Ironman of Leicester'.

He is a serial breaker and setter of Guinness world records and at last count is noted as holding 25, including pulling an empty double-decker bus over 55 feet with his teeth, pulling a double-decker with 54 passengers on board with one hand for a distance of 180 feet and pulling a similar bus with 30 people aboard for 256 feet using only his ponytail, using his ears to lift 85kg and hauling an 8 tonne mobile library for 18m. In 1995 he pulled a 203,000-pound Vulcan bomber for 6 inches using a harness round his body.

He rose to national attention by appearing on the first episode of series three of Britains Got Talent, though he had previously appeared on the tv show Record Breakers.

When Manjit has told doctors about his feats of strength using his teeth and ears, they continually advise him that doing it again would be very bad for his health. His response to there warnings is to, "... ask them if they've ever been in a gym," he said. A lifelong fitness adherent who owns a security services company, Manjit trains in the gym up to four times daily and runs miles every day.

He also raised charitable donations for a small sports and fitness school Manjit plans to build for the poor children of Mahilpur, his native village near the city of Hoshiapur in Punjab, through his feats of strentgh. His charity is called the Manjit Fitness Academy.