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| name = Kanti Shah<br />
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| fullname = Khamlillal Shah<br />
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| strokes = Backstroke<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|10|13|df=yes}}<br />
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| death_date = May 1989<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], Maharashtra, India<br />
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}<br />
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[1951 Asian Games|1951 New Delhi]]|[[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|100 m backstroke]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[1951 Asian Games|1951 New Delhi]]|[[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|3×100 m medley relay]]}}<br />
{{MedalSport|Men's [[water polo]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[1951 Asian Games|1951 New Delhi]]|[[Water polo at the 1951 Asian Games|Team]]}}<br />
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'''Khamlillal "Kanti" Shah''' (13 October 1920 – May 1989) was an Indian [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] and [[water polo]] player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54231 |title=Khamlillal Shah |work=Olympedia |access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref> He was India's first ever [[Asian Games]] medalist, with a silver medal in the [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|men's 100 m backstroke]] at the [[1951 Asian Games]].<br />
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He won three medals at the [[1951 Asian Games]], a silver in the [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|men's 100 m backstroke]], a bronze in the [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|men's 3 x 100 m medley relay]], and was part of the [[Water polo at the 1951 Asian Games|gold-winning]] [[India men's national water polo team|Indian water polo team]].<br />
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He also competed in the men's 100 m backstroke at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] and the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] and the water polo tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/khamlillal-shah-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110432/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/khamlillal-shah-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Khamlillal Shah Olympic Results |accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1920 births]]<br />
[[Category:1989 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Swimmers from Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male swimmers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male backstroke swimmers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male medley swimmers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male water polo players]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for India]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic water polo players for India]]<br />
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Water polo players at the 1952 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in water polo]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Water polo players at the 1951 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1951 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists in swimming]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in swimming]]<br />
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