The Native American Who Won Two Olympic Gold Medals – Then Had His Titles Taken Away Before History Finally Reversed The Decision

The Norwegian Family, The Swedish Family, And What They Said

The resolution that came in 2022 depended on the specific actions of two families on opposite sides of the Atlantic, in Norway and Sweden, who were asked to respond to a question that had been waiting for more than a century.

Ferdinand Bie, the Norwegian athlete who had finished second to Thorpe in the pentathlon and been elevated to first place after the 1913 disqualification, had his own family.

The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports consulted with them about the proposed reinstatement of Thorpe as the sole gold medalist.