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Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
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'''Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav''' ({{lang-mr|श्री. खाशाबा दादासाहेब जाधव}}, born January 15, 1926&ndash;August 14, 1984) was  and [[India]]n [[athlete]].  He is best known as a [[wrestler]] who won a [[bronze medal]] at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] in [[Helsinki]].<ref name="yas">India Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (YAS), "Proud Moments of Indian Sports," [http://yas.nic.in/writereaddata/linkimages/7571036614.pdf "Olympics Bronze Medal, Helsinki 1952"]; excerpt, "The victory procession at the Karad railway station was a see-it-to-believe scene. "There were ''[[dhols]]'' along with a 151 bullock cart procession right
from the outskirts of Goleshwar to the Mahadeva temple which is normally a 15 minute walk.  It took seven long hours that day ..."; retrieved 2012-7-20.</ref>

The medal which was given to Jadhav was the first to be won by any Indian.<ref>Shariff, Faisal.[http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/sep/13jhadha.htm "Khashba Jhadhav, the hero we owe an apology to ...,"] Rediff.com; retrieved 2012-7-20.</ref>

==International competitions==
* '''1948''': [[1948 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]<ref name="yas"/>
* '''1952''': Summer Olympics<ref name="yas"/>

==Legacy==
In 2010, a wrestling venue at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi was named in Jaedhav's honor.<ref>[http://thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article502856.ece "CWG wrestling venue re-christened as K. D. Jhadav Stadium,"] ''The Hindu'' (India). July 6, 2010; retrieved 2012-7-20.</ref>

==Related pages==
* [[Sports in India]]
* [[India at the Olympics]]⏎
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==References==
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| NAME              =Jadhav, Khashaba Dadasaheb
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION =Olympic wrestler
| DATE OF BIRTH     = 1925
| PLACE OF BIRTH    =
| DATE OF DEATH     = August 14, 1984
| PLACE OF DEATH    =
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[[Category:1925 births]]
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[[Category:Indian sportspeople]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists]]

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