Dhananjay Uttam Pande (born 11 November 1999) ) 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 coxed eight team that won the silver medal in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[2][3][4]
Pande was the coxswain of the Indian team that consisted of Neeraj Maan, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetish Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar and Ashish Guliyan.[5] 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.[6]
Careerr
- 2023: Silver medal as Coxswain of the Men's coxed eight Indian team at the 2022 Asian Games.
- 2022: Men's eight event at Rowing World Cup, Poznan, Poland.[7]
References
- ↑ "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ "Asian Games: पिता की बाईपास सर्जरी, मां के पेट के 4 ऑपरेशन, देश के सबसे सूखे राज्य से आने वालों ने रोइंग में लगाई नैया पार". Jansatta (in हिन्दी). 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ Sportstar, Team (2023-09-24). "Asian Games 2023: India wins silver in rowing men's eight event". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ ANI (2023-09-24). ""Achieved everything we had worked hard for": Indian Rower Punit Kumar after winning silver in Men's Coxed Eight". www.aninews.in. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ "Asian Games: Meet the Family of Eight rowers that opened India's medal account". The Indian Express. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ "Rowing PANDE Dhananjay Uttam - The 19th Asian Games". info.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 2023-10-01.