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Norman Gilbert Pritchard (23 June 1875 – 30 October 1929), also known by his stage name Norman Trevor, was a British-Indian athlete and actor who became the first Asian-born athlete to win an Olympic medal when he won two silver medals in athletics at the 1900 Paris Olympics representing India.
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.
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 won the Bengal 100 yards for seven consecutive years from 1894-1900, while he finished the race with a timing of 10.0 seconds in 1898 and 1899 to create a new Bengal record. Born to George Peterson Pritchard and Helen Maynard Pritchard, Norman Pritchard was attracted to sports from the start.
Dec 13, 2020 · Norman Gilbert Pritchard was a British citizen who represented India in the 1900 Paris Olympics. He was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on January 23, 1875, to George Peterson Pritchard, an accountant in Alipore, and Helen Maynard Pritchard.
Jun 5, 2023 · New Delhi: India’s tryst with the Olympics began in 1900, and it was a man with a contested identity who won the country its first medals — Norman Pritchard, who was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) when India was under British rule.
4 days ago · India-born athlete Norman Pritchard won two Olympic medals at a time of British colonialism in the country, thus creating a doubt over the legitimacy of India's first two Olympic medals.
Aug 12, 2016 · Every four years, at the time of the Olympics, the Indian media seems to rediscover a man named Norman Pritchard, who is called “India’s greatest Olympic hero”, and who won two silver...
Norman Gilbert Pritchard was the first Indian athlete to win an Olympic medal, but little is known about his life and his family. Delhi-based sports journalist Gulu Ezekiel...
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.
