Monday 16 October 2017

India's first Olympic swimmer passes away

India's pioneering Olympic swimmer Shamsher Khan , 87 , passed away in the Kaithepalle Village In Guntur district on Sunday, after suffering a heart faliure.

Shamsher was the first swimmer from the country to take part in Olympics in 1956. He secured a passage to the Melebourne summer Olympics after creating a national record in the 200m butterfly event.

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