Isidor Niflot
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Full name | Isidor Gadar Niflot | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Jack" | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1881-04-16)April 16, 1881 Russian Empire | ||||||||||||||
Died | May 29, 1950(1950-05-29) (aged 69) Long Eddy, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Home town | New York, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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Isidor Gadar "Jack" Niflot (April 16, 1881 – May 29, 1950) was an American wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in the freestyle bantamweight category.[1] Niflot was born in Russia and raised in New York, New York.[2] He was later a long time Sullivan County, New York resident.
The bantamweight division was the third lightest freestyle wrestling weight class, held as part of the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time the event, like all other freestyle wrestling events, was held in Olympic competition. Seven wrestlers competed, with Niflot winning the gold medal.
References
External links
- Jack Niflot at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Isidor Niflot at Olympics.com
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- 1904: Isidor Niflot (USA)
- 1908: George Mehnert (USA)
- 1924: Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)
- 1928: Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN)
- 1932: Robert Pearce (USA)
- 1936: Ödön Zombori (HUN)
- 1948: Nasuh Akar (TUR)
- 1952: Shohachi Ishii (JPN)
- 1956: Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR)
- 1960: Terrence McCann (USA)
- 1964: Yojiro Uetake (JPN)
- 1968: Yojiro Uetake (JPN)
- 1972: Hideaki Yanagida (JPN)
- 1976: Vladimir Yumin (URS)
- 1980: Sergei Beloglazov (URS)
- 1984: Hideaki Tomiyama (JPN)
- 1988: Sergei Beloglazov (URS)
- 1992: Alejandro Puerto (CUB)
- 1996: Kendall Cross (USA)
- 2000: Alireza Dabir (IRI)
- 2004: Mavlet Batirov (RUS)
- 2008: Henry Cejudo (USA)
- 2012: Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS)
- 2016: Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO)
- 2020: Zaur Uguev (ROC)
- 2024: Rei Higuchi (JPN)
- 1904: 56.70 kg
- 1908: 54 kg
- 1924–1936: 56 kg
- 1948–1996: 57 kg
- 2000: 58 kg
- 2004–2012: 55 kg
- 2016–present: 57 kg
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