B.C. Olympian’s gold medals restored 43 years after they were stolen
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Williams started running at the age of 16, one year after he was told to refrain from sports due to acute rheumatic fever. In 1928, he waited tables to raise money to pay his own way to the Olympic trials in Hamilton, Ontario.Williams’ victory at the Olympics was so unexpected, officials didn’t have a Canadian flag or national anthem for the medal ceremony.
He returned to a hero’s welcome, greeted by 25,000 people at the train station. It was the largest parade Vancouver had ever seen. “Without a doubt, Percy Williams is one of the most underappreciated Canadian Olympic athletes of all time,” said BC Sports Hall of Fame Curator Jason Beck in a statement. “The recreation of Percy’s Amsterdam 1928 Olympic gold medals returns the spotlight within the BC Sports Hall of Fame to one of the more incredible underdog stories in the history of B.C. sport.”
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