Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

Indian athlete

Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (born 6 June 1939, in Punjab Nangli, Amritsar) is a former Indian athlete who won a gold medal at the 1962 Asian Games in decathlon.[1] He participated in the 1960 and 1964 Olympics in 110 hurdles, high jump and decathlon. He finished fifth in the 110 hurdles at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics with a timing of 14.07 seconds. He was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 1961 thus becoming the first athlete from the country to get the award and with the Padma Shri in 2005. His biography 'Uddna Baaz' is written by Navdeep Singh Gill.[2]

See also

  • Athletics in India

References

  1. ^ Gurbachan Singh Randhawa. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2019-06-29.
  2. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

External links

  • Gurbachan Singh Randhawa at Olympics.comEdit on Wikidata
  • Gurbachan Singh Randhawa at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
  • Gurbachan Singh Randhawa at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)Edit on Wikidata
  • Gurbachan Singh Randhawa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
  • The Randhawas never retire
  • Randhawa, a rare breed
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Balbir Singh Sr.
Flagbearer for India
Tokyo 1964
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Asian Games champions in men's decathlon


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