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(2023-09-25). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ Asian Games 2023: India wins silver in rowing men's eight event, Sportstar, Team. Sportstar(2023-09-24). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ 19th Asian Games: Indian rowers win silver in Men's Coxed Eight event. The Times of India(2023-09-24). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ "Achieved everything we had worked hard for": Indian Rower Punit Kumar after winning silver in Men's Coxed Eight, ANI. www.aninews.in(2023-09-24). 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.