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4 de nov. de 2022 · Though he died in poverty, Jim Thorpe is remembered as one of the greatest sportsmen of the 20th century, having won two Olympic track and field golds and played baseball, American football and basketball at the highest level.
A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics. Considered 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 ).
15 de jul. de 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 pentathlon...
24 de may. de 2024 · Jim Thorpe was one of the most accomplished all-around athletes in history. In 1950 he was selected by American sportswriters and broadcasters as the greatest American athlete and the greatest gridiron football player of the first half of the 20th century.
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20 de jul. de 2022 · More than a century later, Jim Thorpe’s Olympic legacy has been officially restored. Last week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the talented athlete will be reinstated...
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Jim Thorpe recibiendo una de sus medallas de oro en 1912. En 1913, las estrictas reglas relativas al amateurismo eran forzosas para los atletas que participaban en los Juegos Olímpicos.
15 de jul. de 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 Thorpe’s victory in the decathlon.
