India's Olympic medal-winning wrestlers in images
Seven Olympic medals have come India's way from the wrestling mat, the second most after hockey.
Seven Olympic medals have come India's way from the wrestling mat, the second most after hockey.
Updated on Jul 12, 2024 06:04 PM IST 7 Photos
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India's medal tally at the Olympics is dominated by men's hockey while wrestling has been the productive sport among the non-team events. Indian grapplers have won seven medals on the mat, six of which have come since the 2008 Beijing Olympics.(AFP)
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KD Jadhav is the first Indian wrestler to win an Olympic medal, thus bringing India's first Games medal in a sport other than hockey. He is also thus the first individual medallists in the country's independent hosty. Jadhav competed in the bantamweight freestyle category at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and won bronze. (Olympics)
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The next wrestling medal then came over half a century later in 2008 with Sushil Kumar winning bronze in men's 66kg freestyle at the Beijing Olympics. Sushil then won the 66kg silver at London 2012, thus becoming the first Indian to win individual medals at consecutive Olympics. (PTI)
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Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt fought back from the brink to clinch a bronze medal at the London Olympics, after narrowly missing out in Beijing four years ago. He thus became the third wrestler after Sushil and Jadhav to win an Olympic medal.
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