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'''Shamsher Khan''' (1933 – 15 October 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/first-indian-olympic-swimmer-shamsher-khan-dies-of-cardiac-arrest/articleshow/61091519.cms|title=First Indian Olympic swimmer Shamsher Khan dies of cardiac arrest - Times of India|publisher=|accessdate=15 October 2017}}</ref> was an Indian swimmer who represented India in the [[1956 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Samdani|first1=MN|title=Robbed: 1956 Swimming hero Shamsher of his Olympic feat|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Robbed-1956-Swimming-hero-Shamsher-of-his-Olympic-feat/articleshow/15178332.cms|accessdate=23 October 2013|agency=The Times of India|work=The Times of India|date=27 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Forgotten-Olympian-feted/article16529910.ece|title=Forgotten Olympian feted|date=9 August 2009|publisher=|accessdate=15 October 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><br />
In 1954, he made a national record in the 200-meter butterfly event. He broke the existing national record at the national meet in Bangalore in 1955.<br />
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Shamsher Khan was in the [[Indian Army]] and also participated in the [[Indo-China war]] in 1962 and the war with Pakistan in 1971. He retired from the Indian Army in 1973 with the [[Subedar]] rank.<br />
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