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Norman Pritchard was an Indian athlete and actor who won two silver medals in athletics at the 1900 Paris Olympics. He was also the first Indian and Asian to compete in the Olympics and the first Olympian to act in Hollywood movies.
Norman Pritchard won two silver medals at the 1900 Paris Olympics. But was he British or Indian? Manu Bhaker is on a roll. The shooter clinched a second bronze medal in the 2024...
Jul 17, 2021 · Norman Pritchard was the first Asia-born athlete to win an Olympic medal. Pritchard won 2 medals at 1900 Games and they have been accredited to India. Historians debate his nationality, considering his British ancestry.
Norman Pritchard is a "controversial" Olympian in that he is claimed by both Britain and India as having competed for them at the 1900 Olympics. The doyen of British Olympic historians, Ian Buchanan, notes that Pritchard was a member of an old colonial family and although he was born in India, he was indisputedly British.
Dec 13, 2020 · Norman Pritchard was a British-born Indian sprinter who won two silver medals in the 1900 Paris Olympics. He also played football, acted in plays and movies, and served as the IFA secretary in Kolkata.
Jul 17, 2024 · Norman Pritchard was the first Asia-born Olympic medalist. Pritchard was considered Indian despite having British lineage. Pritchard won two silver medals in Paris Olympics 1900. Norman Pritchard's journey to Olympic glory began in the bustling city of Calcutta (now Kolkata), where he was born in 1875.
Aug 2, 2016 · Norman Pritchard was a sprinter from Kolkata who won two silver medals in the Paris Olympics. He also played football, acted in movies and moved to the US after his sporting career.
Aug 8, 2021 · Norman Pritchard, a British Indian, who was born in Kolkata, brought the country's first medal. 20 years before an all-Indian contingent participated in Olympics (in 1920), Norman had participated in Paris Olympics.
Jul 30, 2024 · Norman Pritchard, born on June 23, 1875, in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, holds a unique place in the annals of Olympic history.
Jul 17, 2018 · Norman Pritchard was the first Indian to win two silver medals in athletics at the Paris Olympics in 1900. He also acted in Hollywood movies under the name Norman...
