On This Day: Wrestler KD Jadhav wins independent India's first individual Olympic medal in 1952
On This Day: Wrestler KD Jadhav wins independent India's first individual Olympic medal in 1952
Sunday, 23 July, marks 71 years since an Indian won a medal at the Olympics in an individual event for the first time. The feat was achieved by KD Jadhav, won the bronze medal in wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
It wasn’t the first time India won a medal in the Olympics, in fact, India had won five golds in field hockey before 1952 and in the 1900 Olympics Norman Pritchard had won silver in 200 metres and 200 metres hurdles, However, Jadhav was the first Indian post-Independence from Great Britain to win a medal in the biggest sporting event of them all.
The first of the firsts!
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