July 14, 2022 - Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner of Olympic gold after 110 years

2025-07-14

Today is Monday, July 14, 2025, and on this day in 2022, Jim Thorpe was finally re-instated as the sole winner of the 2 Olympic gold medals he won at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. First we'll learn about the logistics of Thorpe's events - the decathlon and the pentathlon - and then we will mee Dr. Matt Andrews, an American sports historian and professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Dr. Andrews will tell us how Thorpe's story played out, and why it took over a century to make things r...

Today is Monday, July 14, 2025, and on this day in 2022, Jim Thorpe was finally re-instated as the sole winner of the 2 Olympic gold medals he won at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.

First we'll learn about the logistics of Thorpe's events - the decathlon and the pentathlon - and then we will mee Dr. Matt Andrews, an American sports historian and professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Dr. Andrews will tell us how Thorpe's story played out, and why it took over a century to make things right.

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Bibliography:

https://www.unc.edu/discover/jim-thorpes-olympic-wins-restored-110-years-later/
https://mylesapparel.com/blogs/journal/the-greatest-athlete-of-all-time?srsltid=AfmBOorPgbADvMckmBNQdxV-1HDpS_Gd--s8VjFF1_pVsIr9An50kByw
https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/jim-thorpe-backlash-olympic-medals-debacle-and-demise-carlisle
https://history.unc.edu/faculty-members/matthew-andrews/

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