Posthumous Gold...

[79.]

He got two Olympic Gold medals 70 years after
his death.
Who was he?

[hj197steve]

Re: Posthumous Gold...

Jim Thorpe

[eldrick]

Re: Posthumous Gold...

http://www.cmgww.com/sports/thorpe/thorpe.html

[79.]

Re: Posthumous Gold...

Correct!...

[Jon]

Re: Posthumous Gold...

>
He got two Olympic Gold medals 70 years after
his death.
Who was he?




70 years after his death...? But he died in 1953...!

[79.]

Re: Posthumous Gold...

Jon,
you are the boss!!!
It was infact 29 years after his death and 70
years after his 1912 Olympic triumph...

[Jon]

Re: Posthumous Gold...

>
Jon,
you are the boss!!!
It was infact 29 years after his death and 70

>years after his 1912 Olympic triumph...



Lol! No worries - just threw me off a bit... I was trying to think of athletes who had won OG medals way back in 1896 and 1900, etc!