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'''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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-26 |title=Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/asian-games-2023-full-list-of-634-indian-athletes-who-will-take-part-in-hangzhou-event-13042652.html |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref> He was part of the men's coxed eight team that won the silver medal in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-25 |title=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 |url=https://www.jansatta.com/khel/asian-games-2023-indian-rowing-team-men-8-silver-medal-neetish-kumar-neeraj-maan-bheem-singh-result-schedule/3018558/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Jansatta |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2023-09-24 |title=Asian Games 2023: India wins silver in rowing men's eight event |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/asian-games/asian-games-2023-rowing-mens-eight-silver-medal-second-timing-result-highlights/article67340597.ece |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-24 |title=19th Asian Games: Indian rowers win silver in Men's Coxed Eight event |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/asian-games-2023/india-asian-games/19th-asian-games-indian-rowers-win-silver-in-mens-coxed-eight-event/articleshow/103901189.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-10-01 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

Pande was the coxswain of the Indian team that consisted of [[Neeraj Maan]], [[Naresh Kalwaniya]], [[Neetish Kumar]], Charanjeet Singh, [[Jaswinder Singh (rower)|Jaswinder Singh]], [[Bheem Singh]], [[Punit Kumar]] and [[Ashish (rower)|Ashish]] Guliyan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ANI |date=2023-09-24 |title="Achieved everything we had worked hard for": Indian Rower Punit Kumar after winning silver in Men's Coxed Eight |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/achieved-everything-we-had-worked-hard-for-indian-rower-punit-kumar-after-winning-silver-in-mens-coxed-eight20230924142321/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=www.aninews.in}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-24 |title=Asian Games: Meet the Family of Eight rowers that opened India's medal account |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/asian-games/asian-games-meet-the-family-of-eight-rowers-that-opened-indias-medal-account-8954349/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rowing PANDE Dhananjay Uttam - The 19th Asian Games |url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/rowing/athlete-profile-n2001790-pande-dhananjay-uttam.htm |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=info.hangzhou2022.cn}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian male rowers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Rowers at the 2022 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in rowing]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1999 births]]

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Abhisheksingh at 22:09, 1 October 2023