Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav

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Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav

(15 January 1926 to 14 August 1984)

Khashaba Jadhav was the wrestler of the first ever Olympic medal winner in independent India. In 1952, he won the freestyle wrestling bronze medal in the Olympics. It was the first individual medal for India in the post-independence period.

Jadhav had won 6th rank in the Wrest Weight group wrestling event in the London Summer Olympics in 1948.

Jadhav was born on January 15, 1926 in the village of Goleshwar in Karad taluka in Satara district of Maharashtra state. Wrestling was a renown in his field. He was the first player to win an Olympic medal in the country.

In the 1900s, Norman Preetchand won two silver medals in the individual sport. Khashaba Jadhav, the only medal winner in the Olympics, was the only player.

This was the only Olympic medal winner that did not award him the Padma Award by the Indian government. He got ready for his own interest. Seeing this, he was assisted by the British coach, Rys Gardner, before the 1948 Olympics.

The name of Khashaba Jadhav is immortalized in Indian history due to the first Olympic medal he earned for the country. Their contribution is inspirational for the wrestlers in the country.

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