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. 1952 Summer Olympics Īfter the marathon bout, he was asked to fight Soviet Union's Rashid Mammadbeyov. He went on to defeat Billy Jernigan of the US, but lost to Mansour Raeisi of Iran, to be eliminated from the Games.ġ948 Summer Olympics Men's Flyweight, Freestyleįor the next four years, Jadhav trained even harder for the Helsinki Olympics where he moved up in weight and participated in the 125 lb bantamweight category which saw wrestlers from twenty-four countries, he increased the tempo of his preparation for the next Olympics in Helsinki. He stunned the audience by defeating the Australian wrestler Bert Harris in the first few minutes of the bout. It was Gardner's guidance that saw Jadhav finish sixth in the flyweight section, despite being unfamiliar with wrestling on the mat. During his stay in London, he was trained by Rees Gardner, a former lightweight World champion from the United States. Jadhav's first feel of the big stage was at the 1948 London Olympics his journey was funded by the Maharaja of Kolhapur. His wrestling mentors in college were Baburao Balawde and Belapuri Guruji. His father Dadasaheb was a wrestling coach and he initiated Khashaba into wrestling at the age of five. He resolved to unfurl the tricolor flag in Olympics on Independence Day August 15, 1947. He participated in the Quit India Movement providing shelter and a hiding place to the revolutionaries, circulating letters against the British were some of his contributions to the movement. He grew up in a household that lived and breathed wrestling.
He did his schooling in Tilak High School in Karad taluka of Satara district between 1940–1947.
4.1 Return from the 1952 Summer Olympicsīorn in a village called Goleshwar in Karad taluka of District Satara in Maharashtra State, KD Jadhav was the youngest of five sons of a renowned wrestler Dadasaheb Jadhav.
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