Jim Thorpe’s 1912 Olympic Gold Medals Are Finally Reinstated
WEBJul 20, 2022 · Jim Thorpe’s 1912 Olympic Gold Medals Are Finally Reinstated. Officials removed the Native American athlete’s victories from Olympic records in 1913
Jim Thorpe - Wikipedia
WEBConsidered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won two Olympic gold medals in the 1912 Summer Olympics (one in classic pentathlon and the other in decathlon). He also played football (collegiate and professional), professional baseball, and professional basketball.
Thorpe recognised as sole decathlon and pentathlon winner from 1912 …
WEBJul 15, 2022 · The International Olympic Committee announced today (15) that Thorpe would be recognised as the sole gold medallist – rather than co-winner – of both multi-discipline events. The decision came on the 110th anniversary of …
Jim Thorpe Is Restored as Sole Winner of 1912 Olympic Gold Medals
WEBJul 15, 2022 · Jim Thorpe, one of the greatest athletes in history and the victim of what many considered a century-old Olympic injustice, has been restored as the sole winner of the decathlon and...
Jim THORPE - Olympics.com
WEBIn presenting Jim Thorpe with his two gold medals in Stockholm in July 1912, King Gustav V of Sweden, the patron of the Games of the V Olympiad, said to him: “You sir, are the greatest athlete in the world.”
Jim Thorpe Reinstated as Sole Winner of 1912 Olympic Medals
WEBJul 15, 2022 · On Friday, Jim Thorpe was reinstated by the International Olympic Committee as the winner of the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, 11 decades after being...
Jim Thorpe’s Olympic wins restored — 110 years later
WEBMore than a century ago, events from two summers in North Carolina led the International Olympic Committee to strip two gold medals from Native American athlete Jim Thorpe. On July 15, nearly 70 years after his death, the IOC renamed Thorpe the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic decathlon and pentathlon. To learn more about Thorpe’s background ...
Jim Thorpe is reinstated as the sole winner of two events in the 1912 …
WEBJul 15, 2022 · LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold...
Jim Thorpe reinstated as winner of the 1912 Olympics …
WEBJul 15, 2022 · After well over a century, Jim Thorpe -- a Native American track and field athlete -- has been reinstated as the sole gold medalist of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon events in...
Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner of 1912 Olympic golds
WEBJul 15, 2022 · Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of...
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