Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav

Mr Jadhav is remembered for being independent India's first individual athlete to win an Olympic medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Wrestler Sushil Kumar, who led the Indian contingent at the London Olympics 2012 and won a silver medal in the 66 kg freestyle wrestling event has been representing India since he was 18, but the country woke up to him when he finished with a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He became only the second Indian wrestler after Khashaba Dada...

Mr Jadhav is remembered for being independent India's first individual athlete to win an Olympic medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Wrestler Sushil Kumar, who led the Indian contingent at the London Olympics 2012 and won a silver medal in the 66 kg freestyle wrestling event has been representing India since he was 18, but the country woke up to him when he finished with a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He became only the second Indian wrestler after Khashaba Dada...