American athlete of Sac and Fox descent, winner of both the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics; also played professional baseball, football and basketball, and is regarded as one of the most versatile athletes in history.
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Career HighlightWon gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics; stripped of his medals in 1913 over a since discredited amateurism violation, and posthumously restored as sole gold medallist by the IOC in 2022. 2 Classification
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1. Wikipedia, Jim Thorpe
Olympic awards reinstated
In consultation with surviving family members of Wieslander, the IOC voted to reinstate Thorpe as the sole winner of both events on July 14, 2022, after the National Olympic Committees of Norway and Sweden had given their approval.
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Thorpe played as part of several all-American Indian teams throughout his career, and barnstormed as a professional basketball player with a team composed entirely of American Indians.
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