<P> After Norman Pritchard who won two silver medals in athletics in 1900 , Khashaba was the first individual athlete from India to win a medal at the Olympics . In the years before Khashaba , India would only win gold medals in field hockey , a team sport . He is the only Indian Olympic medalist who never received a Padma Award . Khashaba was extremely nimble on his feet , which made him different from other wrestlers of his time . English coach Rees Gardner saw this trait in him and trained him prior to the 1948 Olympic games . </P>
<P> After Norman Pritchard who won two silver medals in athletics in 1900 , Khashaba was the first individual athlete from India to win a medal at the Olympics . In the years before Khashaba , India would only win gold medals in field hockey , a team sport . He is the only Indian Olympic medalist who never received a Padma Award . Khashaba was extremely nimble on his feet , which made him different from other wrestlers of his time . English coach Rees Gardner saw this trait in him and trained him prior to the 1948 Olympic games . </P>
who won the first individual olympic medal for india
who won the first individual olympic medal for india
Norman Pritchard
Norman Pritchard