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Rashid Anwar

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Rashid Anwar
Indian wrestlers Rashid Anwar(left) and Ajaib Singh Dhaliwal in a training bout at Lane's Club in Baker Street London before the Empire Games, 19 July 1934 .
Born(1910-04-12)12 April 1910
Died1983 (aged 72–73)
Camden, Greater London
Rashid Anwar
Medal record
Men's Freestyle wrestling
British Empire Games
Bronze medal – third place 1934 London Welterweight

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

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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References

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