The greatest athlete ever. They stole his running shoes and he still won the gold metal.
Jim Thorpe, a Native American athlete, won two Olympic gold medals in 1912 despite his shoes being stolen before the second day of the decathlon. He found mismatched shoes in a garbage can, one of which was too big, requiring him to wear an extra sock.
Jim Thorpe, considered one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, competed in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Before the second day of the decathlon, his shoes were stolen. He found two different shoes in a garbage can, one of which was too large, so he wore an extra sock to make it fit. Despite this setback, he won gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon. Thorpe was also a talented baseball, football, and basketball player, and excelled in other sports. His Olympic titles were later stripped in 1913 after it was discovered he had played semi-professional baseball, violating Olympic eligibility rules.