Jim Thorpe Medals Returned 2024 List. Lausanne, switzerland (ap) — jim thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 olympic pentathlon and decathlon in stockholm — nearly 110 years after. In presenting jim thorpe with his two gold medals in stockholm in july 1912, king gustav v of sweden, the patron of the games of the v olympiad, said to him:
Oklahoma sports hall of fame (oshof) and jim. More than a century ago, events from two summers in north carolina led the international olympic committee to strip two gold medals from native american athlete jim thorpe.