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Dhananjay Pande

Dhananjay Pande

Indian rower (born 1991)


Dhananjay Uttam Pande (born 11 November 1991) ) is an Indian rower from Maharashtra. He is named in the Indian rowing team for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.[1] He was part of the men's eight team that won the silver medal in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[2][3][4]

Pande was the coxswain[5] of the Indian team that consisted of Neeraj Maan, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetish Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar and Ashish.[6][7] All the Indian team members are from the Indian Army and have trained at the Army Rowing Node facility in Pune for over a year.

Early life

He hails from the Raigad district of Maharashtra. He joined the Boys Sports Company of the Army and rowed till 2011. Later, he became coxswain.[8]

Careerr

  • 2023: Silver medal as Coxswain of the Men's eight Indian team at the 2022 Asian Games.
  • 2022: Men's eight event at Rowing World Cup, Poznan, Poland.[9]

References

  1. "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  2. Sportstar, Team (2023-09-24). "Asian Games 2023: India wins silver in rowing men's eight event". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  3. "19th Asian Games: Indian rowers win silver in Men's Coxed Eight event". The Times of India. 2023-09-24. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  4. "Asian Games Day 1: What happened on Day 1 - In Pics". Hindustan Times. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-10-16.

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