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.
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.