Nauraj Singh Randhawa
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Johor, Malaysia | 27 January 1992
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Malaysia |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | High jump |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 2.30 m |
Medal record |
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.
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Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Johor
- Malaysian people of Indian descent
- Malaysian people of Punjabi descent
- Malaysian male high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Malaysia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Malaysia
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Malaysia
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in athletics
- Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia
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- Malaysian people stubs