Nauraj Singh Randhawa Explained

Birth Date:1992 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Weight:70 kg (154 lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:High jump
Pb:2.30 m (2017)

Nauraj Singh Randhawa (Panjabi; Punjabi: ਨੌਰਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ ਰੰਧਾਵਾ (Nauraja sigha radhāvā); born 27 January 1992) is a Malaysian athlete, specialising in the high jump.

Athletics career

He won the gold medal in the 2013 and 2015 Southeast Asian Games. In 2016, he jumped 2.29 m in Kallang, Singapore. In 2017, he beat the 2.30 mark in Singapore, improving 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.