Louis Baise

Louis Joseph Baise (4 May 1927 – 11 May 2020) was a South African Olympic wrestler.[1]

Biography

Baise was Jewish, and won gold medals at the 1950 Maccabiah Games and the 1953 Maccabiah Games in Israel.[2][3] He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki for South Africa, coming in 6th in the Men's Flyweight, Freestyle.[1] Baise won the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Flyweight (−52.0 kg) Freestyle gold medal in Vancouver.[1][4][5]

Baise died in Australia on 11 May 2020, aged 93.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Louis Baise Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics t". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. ^ "The Canadian Jewish Chronicle - Google News Archive Search". The Canadian Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  3. ^ Leon Feldberg (1976). South African Jewry. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists – Wrestling". Gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  5. ^ Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town. 1971. Retrieved 28 October 2013.


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