Jim Thorpe has long been considered one of the world’s greatest athletes. During the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, he became the first Native American to win gold for the United States. Thorpe took home two gold medals in track and field events—one for the
Until recently, however, his accomplishments have gone largely unrecognized. That’s because a few months after the Olympics, Thorpe’s medals were taken away due to a technicality. But this past July, more than a century later, the athlete’s Olympic titles were fully restored.