Jim Thorpe
1912
Jim Thorpe
jim thorpe
The legendary Jim Thorpe won two Olympic Gold Medals at the 1912 Olympics in the Pentathlon and Decathlon.
Yes. In October 1982, the IOC Executive Committee approved Thorpe's reinstatement. The IOC declared that Thorpe was co-champion with Wieslander and Bie, even though both considered Thorpe the only champion. On January 18, 1983 Gale and Bill Thorpe (Jim's children) were presented with commemorative medals. The original medals were given to museums, but susequently stolen and still missing.
Jim Thorpe.
Jim Thorpe
jim thorpe
Jim Thorpe.
Jim Thorpe, named "Greatest male athlete of the first half century" by the Associated Press, won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon in the 1912 olympics.
Jim Thorpe won the pentathlon and decathlon in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. The International Olympic Committee stripped Thrope of his medals in late 1913.