Dhananjay Pande

Dhananjay Uttam Pande (born 11 November 1991) ) 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 eight team that won the silver medal in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Pande was the coxswain ^[5] of the Indian team that consisted of Neeraj Maan, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetish Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar and Ashish. ^{[6] [7]} 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. ^[8]

Career

• 2023: Silver medal as Coxswain of the Men's eight Indian team at the 2022 Asian Games.
• 2022: Men's eight event at Rowing World Cup, Poznan, Poland. ^[9]

References

1. "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
2. "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 Hindi). 25 September 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
3. Sportstar, Team (24 September 2023). "Asian Games 2023: India wins silver in rowing men's eight event". Sportstar. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
4. "19th Asian Games: Indian rowers win silver in Men's Coxed Eight event". The Times of India. 24 September 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 1 October 2023.
5. "Asian Games rowing: Why were there nine men competing in the Men's Eight rowing event?". The Indian Express. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
6. ANI (24 September 2023). ""Achieved everything we had worked hard for": Indian Rower Punit Kumar after winning silver in Men's Coxed Eight". www.aninews.in. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
7. "Asian Games Day 1: What happened on Day 1 - In Pics". Hindustan Times. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
8. "Asian Games: Meet the Family of Eight rowers that opened India's medal account". The Indian Express. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
9. "Rowing PANDE Dhananjay Uttam - The 19th Asian Games". info.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 1 October 2023.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}