Key facts
- Born
- 29 May 1914, Tengboche
- Died
- 9 May 1986, Darjeeling
- State of birth
- Tengboche
- Sector
- Other sports
- Profession
- Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
- Gender
- Male
Biography
Tenzing Norgay, born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. On 29 May 1953, he and Edmund Hillary were the first people confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, as part of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition. Time named Norgay one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
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Timeline
- 1914Born in Tengboche
- 1953Awarded the Order of the Star of Nepal
- 1955Awarded the Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
- 1986Dies in Darjeeling
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- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5
- Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) · SAS Scandinavian Airlines