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American wrestler
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.
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- 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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