khashaba dadasaheb jadhav won the first individual medal in olympic for india.
khashaba dadasaheb jadhav won the first individual medal in olympic for india.
who won the first individual medal in olympic for india?
khashaba dadasaheb jadhav
after the marathon bout, he was asked to fight soviet union's rashid mammadbeyov. as per the rules a rest of at least 30 minutes were required between bouts, but no indian official was available to press his case, a tired jadhav, failed to inspire and mammadbeyov cashed in on the chance to reach the final. defeating the wrestlers from canada, mexico and germany, he won bronze medal on 23 july 1952 thereby creating history by becoming independent india's first individual medal winner. khashaba's colleague, krishnarao mangave a wrestler, also participated in the same olympics in another category but missed the bronze medal by just one point.
khashaba dadasaheb jadhav
lisa unruh started internationally in 2006, at the european championships in 2006 she got the german team to fourth place. unruh has won team medals at european and world indoor championships and world cup stages, and an individual medal at the 2012 indoor world cup. in 2014, she qualified for the world cup final in lausanne for the first time. unruh represented germany at the 2016 summer olympics in rio de janeiro winning the silver medal. her silver medal was the first individual medal her country has ever won at the olympic games.
lisa unruh