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K. D. Jadhav

1926 - 1984

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Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav (15 January 1925 – 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. After Norman Pritchard who won two silver medals in athletics in 1900 under colonial India, Khashaba was the first individual athlete from independent India to win a medal at the Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. K. D. Jadhav is the 884th most popular athlete (down from 268th in 2019), the 652nd most popular biography from India (down from 450th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, K. D. Jadhav ranks 884 out of 6,025. Before him are Arthur Russell, Urho Peltonen, Bo Ekelund, Tom Daley, Irma Johansson, and Maria Sander. After him are Aimé Haegeman, Norbert Schemansky, Ludwig Stubbendorf, Mark Midler, András Székely, and Lennox Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, K. D. Jadhav ranks 347. Before him are Evelyn Lear, Revaz Chkheidze, Dilhan Eryurt, Ladislav Pavlovič, Rossella Falk, and Richard Jaeckel. After him are Betsy Jolas, Lucien Sève, Anneliese Rothenberger, John Ericson, Loris Campana, and Walter Sedlmayr. Among people deceased in 1984, K. D. Jadhav ranks 183. Before him are Alice Neel, Rambai Barni, Yuri Vizbor, Anders Haugen, Gino Bianco, and May McAvoy. After him are Leopold Lindtberg, Aldo Campatelli, Laurent Grimmonprez, Red Garland, Kurt Axelsson, and Emilio Rodríguez.

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In India

Among people born in India, K. D. Jadhav ranks 652 out of 1,861. Before him are Shyam Benegal (1934), V. N. Janaki (1923), Sadashiv Amrapurkar (1950), Pratibha Ray (1944), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), and Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890). After him are Shriram Lagoo (1927), Kiran Bedi (1949), Kamala Surayya (1934), Manna Dey (1919), Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939), and Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (1884).

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Among ATHLETES In India

Among athletes born in India, K. D. Jadhav ranks 5. Before him are Godfrey Brown (1915), Balbir Singh Sr. (1923), Charles Gmelin (1872), and Launceston Elliot (1874). After him are Fauja Singh (1911), P. T. Usha (1964), Leslie Claudius (1927), Udham Singh (1928), Richard Allen (1902), Deepika Kumari (1994), and Ajit Pal Singh (1947).

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