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Rashid Anwar

Rashid Anwar

Indian wrestler (1910–1983)

Rashid Mian Anwar (12 April 1910 – 1983) was an Indian freestyle sport wrestler who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]

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In 1936 he competed in the Freestyle welterweight tournament. At the 1934 Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the freestyle welterweight class. First Indian to win a medal at the British Empire Games/Commonwealth Games. He died at the age of 73 in Camden, Greater London.[2]

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    "Rashid Anwar". Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Who won the first-ever Commonwealth Games medal for India?". Retrieved 29 September 2022.


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