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Tenzing Norgay
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Nepalese-Indian mountaineer (1914–1986)
Norgay in Stockholm, 1967 | |
| Birth name | Namgyal Wangdi |
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| Main discipline | Mountaineer |
| Born | (1914-05-00)May 1914 Tengboche, Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, or Tse Chu, Ü-Tsang, Tibet |
| Died | 9 May 1986(1986-05-09) (aged 71–72) Darjeeling, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | |
| Starting age | 19 years |
| Starting discipline | Porter |
| Notable ascents | First ascent of Mount Everest, May 1953 |
| Famous partnerships | Edmund Hillary |
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| Children | 7, including Jamling |
Tenzing NorgayGMOSN (; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱསtendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Te