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|name = Dinkarrao Shinde<br />
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|caption = Dinkarrao Shinde (top row, far left), 1920<br />
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|birth_date = 2 June 1900<br />
|birth_place = [[Kolhapur]], British India<br />
|death_date = 18 August 1962 <br />
|death_place = [[Kolhapur]], India<br />
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'''Dinkarrao Shinde''' (also '''Dinkkarao''', 2 June 1900 – 18 August 1962) was an Indian [[amateur wrestling|wrestler]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/58722 |title=Dinkkarao Shinde |work=Olympedia |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref> He competed in the [[Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle featherweight|freestyle featherweight event]] at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]] where he finished fourth.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/randhir-shindes-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110304/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/randhir-shindes-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Dinkkarao Shinde Olympic Results |accessdate=7 September 2013 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> He was the first Indian wrestler to win an Olympic bout.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/olympics/from-deccan-gymkhana-to-antwerp-indians-debut-at-the-1920-olympics-47721 |title=From Deccan Gymkhana to Antwerp; how Indians made debut at Olympics |website=The Bridge |date=19 June 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolhapur/merit-in-marathon-wrestling-medal-a-close-miss-for-indias-first-olympics-contingent-in-1920/articleshow/112258002.cms |title=Merit in marathon, wrestling medal a close miss for India's first Olympic contingent in 1920 |website=The Times of India |date=4 August 2024 }}</ref><br />
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