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Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
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(contracted; show full)/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 different from other wrestlers of his time. English coach Rees Gardner saw this trait in him and trained him prior to 1948 Olympic games

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'''Childhood''' ==
Born in a village called Goleshwar Tal in Satara district in Maharashtra, KD Jadhav was the youngest of the five sons of a renowned wrestler Dadasaheb Jadhav. At the tender age of 8, he defeated the local champion in just 2 minutes and went onto became the undisputed champion of his area.He did his schooling in Tilak High School in Karad district between 1940-1947.He grew up in a household that breathed and lived wrestling.

=== Wrestling career ===
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