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Jim Thorpe - Wikipedia  James Francis "Jim" Thorpe was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for his home country. ... He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he had been paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball...
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ESPN.com: Thorpe preceded Deion, Bo  Although he would continue to write his legacy as an athlete nonpareil, he was stripped of his gold medals in 1913 after it was discovered he had violated...
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Jim Thorpe Gets His Medals 70 Years After They Were Taken Away  At the Stockholm Olympics of 1912 he won gold medals in both the decathlon ... are the greatest athlete in the world, to which Thorpe replied, Thanks, King. In 1913 he was stripped of his medals after it was revealed that he had played two...
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Why Are Jim Thorpe's Olympic Records Still Not Recognized? | History  When King Gustaf V of Sweden placed two gold medals around Thorpe's neck ... The International Olympic Committee stripped his medals and struck his marks ... he attended from 1904 to 1913, between bouts of truancy, is a well-worn story. ..... Jim Thorpe was the GREATEST ATHLETE ever and IOC should reinstate his...
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ESPN Classic - Thorpe preceded Deion, Bo - ESPN.com  He was the Olympic track champion who lost his gold medals because he ... as an athlete nonpareil, he was stripped of his gold medals in 1913 after it was...
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Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Long Jump ...  She would finally improve to 7.00 (22-11) in the final round and win a bronze medal, but the injury would cause her to withdraw from the heptathlon a few days later. ... But in 1992 she tested positive for anabolic steroids and was suspended for four years, only returning to competition a few weeks before the Atlanta Olympics.
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List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event - Wikipedia  This is a list of Olympians that have won at least three gold medals in one event. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. The Olympics listed for each athlete only include games when they won ... Jump to: navigation, search.
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Justin Huish 1996 Olympic Gold | Archery | Pinterest | Gold and Html  Canadian high jumper Duncan McNaughton, winner of a gold medal at the IXth Summer Olympic Games, 1932. #vintage #1930s #sports #Olympics. Canadian...
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ESPN.com: Thorpe preceded Deion, Bo  He was the Olympic track champion who lost his gold medals because he played minor league baseball. ... But Thorpe's legend was galvanized into America's conscience at the 1912 Olympics. He won the decathlon and pentathlon in Stockholm. ... Then came the decathlon, and Thorpe set a world record with 8,412 points.
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Jeopary Questions page 2217 - POETS & POETRY - TriviaBistro.com  SPORTS: At the 1924 Olympics he broke the 1-minute barrier in the 100-meter freestyle & he wasn't swinging on vines  LITERALLY: There is no record of his...
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Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Pentathlon ...  He was considered the American favorite in the Olympic pentathlon, but it was difficult ... Only in the javelin throw was he beaten by any athlete, as both Sweden's ... But as in the decathlon, Jim Thorpe only kept his pentathlon gold medal until early ... Olympic Trials on 18 May 1912, held in New York, [Jim Thorpe] won easily,...
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Backgrounder: Olympic Games Atlanta 1996: Centenary celebrations  Jul 30, 2016 ... For the first time in Olympic history, all 197 recognized National Olympic ... In Atlanta, U.S. athlete Carl Lewis became one of the three athletes in Olympic history to win the same ... Moving on to men's gymnastics, Li Xiaoshuang, 23, took home the gold in the ... COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL.
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Jesse Owens - Wikipedia  James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913  March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 games. ... The name stuck, and he was known as Jesse Owens for the rest of his life. As a boy ... Owens countered this by winning four gold medals. On August 3...
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50 stunning Olympic moments No21: Daley Thompson wins 1984 ...  Apr 4, 2012 ... The decathlete Daley Thompson stands atop the podium with his gold medal in .... at the 1912 Olympics until Thompson won gold at Moscow in 1980. In 1964 Great Britain did not send an athlete to Tokyo to compete in the discipline ..... I would like all these people to come back and watch me, he said.
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4 Times Olympians Refused Their Medals | Mental Floss  Aug 6, 2012 ... Here's a look at a few other athletes who have turned down Olympic ... Hugo Wieslander and F.R. Bie, 1912 ... that he had violated his amateur status and the IOC asked him to return his ... Hugo Wieslander of Sweden, who finished second in the decathlon, ... Both men refused to accept their gold medals.
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Jim Thorpe - Wikipedia  James Francis Thorpe was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the ... He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he had been paid for playing two seasons of ... medals. Thorpe grew up in the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma. .... Strong competition from local favorite Hugo Wieslander was expected.
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Jim Thorpe - Wikipedia  James Francis "Jim" Thorpe was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of ... He played as part of several all American Indian teams throughout his career, and .... He also competed in football, baseball, lacrosse and even ballroom dancing, winning the 1912 ...... 1996 ISBN 0-8133-2667-2; Bloom, John.
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Jesse Owens - Wikipedia  James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913  March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 games. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in ... (The record of four gold medals at the NCAA was equaled only by Xavier...
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Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics  Men's decathlon - Wikipedia  The men's decathlon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the ... 1912 Hugo Wieslander.jpg Jim Thorpe1912 Olympics.jpg ... Thorpe's gold medal was stripped by the International Olympic Committee in 1913, after the IOC learned that Thorpe had played professional baseball, violating Olympic...
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Jesse Owens - Wikipedia  James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913  March 31, 1980) was an American ... At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, Owens won international fame with .... It happened he had to leave before the victory ceremony after the 100 meters. ... He didn't pick it up until he got ready to get out of the car.
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Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Decathlon ...  One week after winning the pentathlon, Jim Thorpe won the decathlon by an almost ... Using point-for-place scoring, he scored 25 points to Wieslander's 67 and ... But from 1913 until 1982 the Olympic record books invariably listed Hugo...