death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
27 july 2010 sangli , maharashtra , india indian 10 august 1938 maruti mane
 maruti mane olympic wrestler
maruti mane

maruti mane -lrb- 10 august 1938 -- 27 july 2010 -rrb- was an indian former wrestler who competed in the 1964 summer olympics .
mane had a glorious run as a wrestler between 1962 and 1972 and did exceedingly well for the country in major championships .
in the 1970 commonwealth games , he won silver in the unlimited freestyle event .
in the 1962 asian games , he won gold in the 97 kg freestyle and the silver in the 97 kg greco-roman events .
mane was crowned hind kesari in 1964 after defeating rajasthan wrestler mahiruddin .
he was at one time listed among the best wrestlers in the world .
he was also presented with the prestigious dhyan chand award by the union government .
in his wrestling days , mane used to work out for almost 10 to 12 hours daily .
his fitness was said to be the reason for him lasting a good 11 minutes against the then all-conquering russian wrestler alexander medved in 1967 .
no wrestler could last for more than a couple of minutes against the medved , who was crowned world champion four times and won three olympic golds in tokyo -lrb- 1964 -rrb- , mexico -lrb- 1968 -rrb- and munich -lrb- 1972 -rrb- .
