K. D. Jadhav - Wikipedia
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]
KD Jadhav: Biography, Life story, Information, Profile, Olympics ...
2021年11月25日 · Known as the "Pocket Dynamo", Indian wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav who bagged the first individual Olympic medal for the nation after independence was born on 15th January 1926 in Satara, Maharashtra.
The first Indian to win an Olympic medal: KD Jadhav
2020年7月22日 · 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.
Greatest Indian Olympians: Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
2024年7月17日 · Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav won India’s first individual Olympic medal in wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. KD Jadhav put Indian wrestling on the world map and was independent India's first sporting hero.
KD Jadhav | Paris Olympics 2024 News - Times of India
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav, widely known as KD Jadhav, is celebrated as a pioneering figure in Indian wrestling and a legendary athlete. Born on January 15, 1926, in Goleshwar, a small village in Maharashtra, Jadhav's wrestling journey began at an early age under the guidance of his father, who was also a wrestler.
KD Jadhav - स्वतंत्र भारत के पहले ओलंपिक पदक …
15 जनवरी, 1926 को महाराष्ट्र के गुलेश्वर नामक गाँव में जन्मे, KD Jadhav, Norman Pritchard (एक एथलीट जिन्होंने औपनिवेशिक भारत के तहत 1900 में एथलेटिक्स में दो रजत पदक जीते थे) के बाद दूसरे भारतीय थे, जिन्होंने फ्रीस्टाइल पहलवान के रूप में 1952 में हेलसिंकी …
K D Jadhav: The Lonely Fight for an Olympic First - PeepulTree
2020年6月16日 · 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 …
India's Olympic Firsts: KD Jadhav's unimaginable solo ... - Times of …
2021年5月17日 · Jadhav was a man who dwarfed a mountain that India thought was unscalable. His wrestling bronze at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki expanded India's focus beyond hockey. But the signs of it had emerged four years earlier, in 1948, during independent India's first appearance at the Games under the tricolour.
KD Jadhav- The best "What could have been" story in Indian
KD Jadhav was the pioneer of the art of outwitting his opponents. In many ways, Jadhav revolutionized modern Indian wrestling by introducing the notion of agility and steadfastness in young wrestlers. This made it fairly easier for him to adjust to different styles of wrestling.
How KD Jadhav overcame odds to win India's first individual …
2024年6月24日 · In 1952, at the Helsinki Games in Finland, Khashaba Dadasaheb, better known as K D Jadhav from Maharashtra, won a bronze medal, becoming independent India's first Olympic medallist in an individual sport. However, unlike today, when Jadhav returned home, there was no fanfare, no media glare, no celebration and no pay-cheque from the government.