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todaysdocument: On the eve of the 2012 Olympic Decathlon: 1912 Gold Medalist Jim Thorpe 100 years ago Native American Jim Thorpe won the gold medal in the Decathlon and Pentathlon events at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.  Later stripped of his medals due to amateurism rules, they were eventually reinstated after his death. 

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On the eve of the 2012 Olympic Decathlon: 1912 Gold Medalist Jim Thorpe

100 years ago Native American Jim Thorpe won the gold medal in the Decathlon and Pentathlon events at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.  Later stripped of his medals due to amateurism rules, they were eventually reinstated after his death. 

Source: research.archives.gov
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