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Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav, OLY (15 January 1926 – 14 August 1984) was an Indian freestyle wrestler. He is best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He was the first athlete from independent India to win an individual medal in the Olympics. [5]
3 days ago · Born into the family of Dadasaheb Jadhav, an accomplished wrestler, in Goleshwar, a small village in Maharashtra, on January 15, 1926, Khashaba trained in the local akhadas (wrestling arenas), honing his skills and developing a passion for the sport. Jadhav's first encounter with significant adversity came at Raja Ram College in Kolhapur.
Jul 22, 2020 · Wrestler KD Jadhav is the first Indian to win an Olympic medal. Khashaba Jadhav won the bronze in wrestling at the Helsinki 1952 Games in the bantamweight category.
The legend of K.D. Jadhav, India's first individual Olympic medal winner can only be encapsulated by millions of such incidents. Born in a village named Goleshwar in Satara district of Maharashtra, Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav aka KD Jadhav was a soft-spoken man as his son Ranjit describes.
Jun 17, 2020 · Way back in 1952, at the Helsinki Games, Khashaba Dadasaheb aka K D Jadhav from Maharashtra won bronze, becoming independent India’s first Olympic medallist in an individual sport. When Jadhav returned to India, though, there were no parades, prizes or titles waiting for him.
Jul 30, 2016 · KD Jadhav, India's first Olympic individual medallist was a short and wiry wrestler from Maharashtra, who took on and trounced bigger adversaries.
With his age in the mid-30s already, he is unlikely to make it to the next ODI World Cup and hasn't been in India's T20I plans either. Unless he has a spectacular 2020 IPL, his international ...
