Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (born 6 June 1939, in Punjab Nangli,

Amritsar Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...

) is a former

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n athlete who won a gold medal at the

1962 Asian Games ) , Host city = Jakarta, Indonesia , Nations participating = 17 , Athletes participating = 1,460 , Events = 120 in 13 sports , Opening ceremony = 24 August 1962 , Closing ceremony = 4 September 1962 , ...

decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...

.Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
Sports Reference. Retrieved 2019-06-29. He participated in the

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

and

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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 The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...

in 1961 thus becoming the first athlete from the country to get the award and with the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

in 2005. His biography 'Uddna Baaz' is written by Navdeep Singh Gill.

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1939 births Living people Indian male hurdlers Indian decathletes Indian male high jumpers Olympic athletes of India Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 Asian Games Commonwealth Games competitors for India Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Recipients of the Arjuna Award Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports Athletes from Amritsar Panjab University alumni Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games 20th-century Indian people {{India-athletics-bio-stub

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