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'''Gurbachan Singh Randhawa''' (born 6 June 1939, in Punjab Nangli, [[Amritsar]]) is a former [[India]]n athlete who won a gold medal at the [[1962 Asian Games]] in [[decathlon]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418005025/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/gurbachan-singh-randhawa-1.html Gurbachan Singh Randhawa]. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2019-06-29.</ref> He participated in the [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960]] and [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Olympics]] in 110 hurdles, high jump and decathlon. He finished fifth in the 110 hurdles at the 1964 [[1964 Summer Olympics|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.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Athletics in India]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{IOC profile|gurbachan-singh-randhava|Gurbachan Singh Randhava}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|si/gurbachan-singh-randhawa-1}}
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011102/ncr3.htm The Randhawas never retire] 
* [http://www.sportstar.in/tss2914/stories/20060408000901800.htm Randhawa, a rare breed ]

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| before = [[Balbir Singh Sr.]]
| title = [[List of flag bearers for India at the Olympics|Flagbearer]] for India
| years = [[1964 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 1964]]
| after =  [[D. N. Devine Jones]]
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[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian male hurdlers]]
[[Category:Indian decathletes]]
[[Category:Indian male high jumpers]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of India]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports]]
[[Category:Athletes from Amritsar]]
[[Category:Panjab University alumni]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games]]


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