{{Short description|American wrestler (1900–1990)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name = Russell Vis |image = |image_size = |caption = |weight = |birth_date = {{birth date|1900|6|22}} |birth_place = Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1990|4|1|1900|6|22}} |death_place = San Diego, California, U.S. |hometown = Portland, Oregon, U.S. |high school = |state championships = |college = |ncaa championships = |olympic team = |show-medals = yes |medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} center|80px {{MedalGold | 1924 Paris | 66 kg}} }}
'''Russell John Vis''' (June 22, 1900 – April 1, 1990) was an American amateur and professional wrestler. He spent his youth in Portland, Oregon, where he started wrestling with the same instructor who taught the legendary wrestler Robin Reed. Before the Olympics, Vis was an AAU national champion. He competed at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, where he received a gold medal in the freestyle lightweight division.<ref name=db-olymp-1924WRE>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=8&sp=WRE "1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Wrestling"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220103959/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=8&sp=WRE |date=2007-02-20 }} – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 28, 2008)</ref><ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/russ-vis-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418061620/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/russ-vis-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Russell Vis Olympic Results |accessdate=2013-09-09 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> Vis then wrestled professionally as a welterweight for three years, but quickly grew tired of the professional circuit and retired in 1930.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chapman |first1=Mike |title=Encyclopedia of American Wrestling |date=1990 |publisher=Leisure Press |location=Champaign, Illinois |isbn=9780880113427 |pages= |access-date=}}</ref> In 1977, Vis was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.<ref>[https://nwhof.org/hall_of_fame/bio/23 Russell Vis]. ''National Wrestling Hall of Fame''. Retrieved September 17, 2022.</ref>
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