Russell Vis (June 22, 1900 – April 1, 1990) was an American amateur and professional wrestler. Before the Olympics, Vis was an AAU national champion. Vis competed at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, where he received a gold medal in the freestyle lightweight division.[1][2] Vis then wrestled professionally as a welterweight for three years, but quickly grew tired of the pro circuit and retired in 1930.[3] In 1977, Vis was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[4]
russell, june, 1900, april, 1990, american, amateur, professional, wrestler, before, olympics, national, champion, competed, 1924, olympic, games, paris, where, received, gold, medal, freestyle, lightweight, division, then, wrestled, professionally, welterweig. Russell Vis June 22 1900 April 1 1990 was an American amateur and professional wrestler Before the Olympics Vis was an AAU national champion Vis competed at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris where he received a gold medal in the freestyle lightweight division 1 2 Vis then wrestled professionally as a welterweight for three years but quickly grew tired of the pro circuit and retired in 1930 3 In 1977 Vis was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member 4 Russell VisBorn 1900 06 22 June 22 1900Grand Rapids Michigan U S DiedApril 1 1990 1990 04 01 aged 89 San Diego California U S Russell Vis Medal recordMen s freestyle wrestlingRepresenting the United StatesOlympic Games1924 Paris LightweightReferences Edit 1924 Summer Olympics Paris France Wrestling Archived 2007 02 20 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics com Retrieved on April 28 2008 Russell Vis Olympic Results sports reference com Archived from the original on 2020 04 18 Retrieved 2013 09 09 Chapman Mike 1990 Encyclopedia of American Wrestling Champaign Illinois Leisure Press ISBN 9780880113427 Russell Vis National Wrestling Hall of Fame Retrieved September 17 2022 This biographical article relating to an American sport wrestler or wrestling coach is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about an Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Russell Vis amp oldid 1110874536, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
