He was an Indian Wrestler who became the first Indian independent athlete to win a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics in 1952. He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2000. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav died at the age of 58 in a road accident on 14-08-1984 in Karad, Satara district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav (Marathi: श्री. खाशाबा दादासाहेब जाधव, January 15, 1926 – August 14, 1984) was an Indian athlete . He is best known as a wrestler who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He was one of the first athletes from India to win a medal in the Olympics. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav was a prominent wrestler of India who earned the first Olympic medal for the country post independence. In addition to winning a number of awards, he also served the Indian Police Department. Born into the family of Dadasaheb Jadhav , an accomplished wrestler, in Goleshwar, a small village in Maharashtra, on January 15, 1926, Khashaba trained in the local akhadas (wrestling arenas), honing his skills and developing a passion for the sport. Jadhav 's first encounter with significant adversity came at Raja Ram College in Kolhapur. When he approached the sports teacher to be listed for the wrestling event, his lean and short stature led to immediate rejection. Undeterred, the 23-year ...
