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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>n♙ki.☃☃POCKET D

TheP  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>Since 1900 when Norman Pritchard won two silver medals in athletics, India had won gold medals only in field hockey, a team sport. He is the only Indian Olympic medalist to have never received a Padma Award.Jadhav was fleet footed, which made him differe(contracted; show full)[[Category:1925 births]]
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