Jim Thorpe, “World’s Greatest Athlete,” Reinstated As Sole Winner of Two 1912 Olympic Events
Over a century after being stripped of his laurels, Jim Thorpe, one of history’s greatest athletes, has been reinstated as the sole victor of the Olympic decathlon and pentathlon events at the 1912 Stockholm Games. Thorpe, a Native American also known as Wa-Tho-Huk, meaning “Bright Path,” was dubbed by King Gustav V of Sweden as […]