Ganpat Andalkar (born 15 April 1935) is an Indian

wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sport ...

. He competed in two events at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

. He was the recipient of the

Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...

in 1964 for his contribution to wrestling.

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* 1935 births Living people Indian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for India Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1962 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games 20th-century Indian people {{India-wrestling-bio-stub