5 greatest Indian athletes who have never won an Olympic medal

Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

Randhawa (C), pictured with Sebastian Coe and Kapil Dev

Iconic Indian decathlete Gurbachan Singh Randhawa represented the nation at a number of prestigious international athletics meets, and was successful at each. The Punjab-born athlete’s best results came at the Asian Games in 1962, where he won the gold medal in the decathlon.

He qualified for the Olympic Games in the past, consecutively in 1960 and 1964 in three separate events – the decathlon, the high jump and the hurdles, but was unable to medal in any.

In 1964, Randhawa managed a 5th place finish at that year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan in the 110m hurdles.

Depsite his immense talent, Randhawa was unable to ever medal at the Olympics, and has since retired.