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Nauraj Singh Randhawa

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Nauraj Singh Randhawa
Personal information
Born (1992-01-27) 27 January 1992 (age 32)
Johor, Malaysia
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country Malaysia
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best2.30 m
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Malaysia
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur High Jump
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore High Jump
Gold medal – first place 2013 Naypyidaw High Jump

Nauraj Singh Randhawa (Punjabi: ਨੌਰਜ ਸਿੰਘ ਰੰਧਾਵਾ, romanized: Nauraja sigha radhāvā; born 27 January 1992) is a Malaysian athlete, specialist in high jump.

Athletics career

He won the gold medal in Southeast Asian Games 2013 and 2015. In 2016, attained 2.29 m in Kallang, Singapore. In 2017 he beat the 2.30 mark in Singapore resetting his personal best. With this record he became the first track and field athlete to reach the Olympics without a wild card since the 2008 Beijing Olympics when Lee Hup Wei, Roslinda Samsu and Yuan Yufang qualified on merit.