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Who had his medals reinstated in 1983, 30 years after his death, after they were taken away at Stockholm in 1912?

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Who had his medals reinstated in 1983, 30 years after his death, after they were taken away at Stockholm in 1912?
posted Dec 17, 2020 by Swati Arora

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Jim Thorpe
Thorpe originally lost his Olympic titles after it was found he was paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, thus violating the amateurism rules that were then in place.

answer Dec 18, 2020 by Rahul Vaidya
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