# Russell Vis

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{{Short description|American wrestler (1900–1990)}}
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|name                = Russell Vis
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|birth_date          = {{birth date|1900|6|22}}
|birth_place         = [Grand Rapids, Michigan](/source/Grand_Rapids%2C_Michigan), U.S.
|death_date          = {{death date and age|1990|4|1|1900|6|22}}
|death_place         = [San Diego, California](/source/San_Diego%2C_California), U.S.
|hometown            = [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon), U.S.
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{{MedalSport | Men's [freestyle wrestling](/source/freestyle_wrestling)}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Wrestling_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}}
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{{MedalGold | [1924 Paris](/source/1924_Summer_Olympics) | [66 kg](/source/Wrestling_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_freestyle_lightweight)}}
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'''Russell John Vis''' (June 22, 1900 &ndash; April 1, 1990) was an American [amateur](/source/amateur_wrestling) and [professional wrestler](/source/professional_wrestling). He spent his youth in [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon), where he started wrestling with the same instructor who taught the legendary wrestler [Robin Reed](/source/Robin_Reed). Before the [Olympics](/source/Olympic_Games), Vis was an [AAU](/source/Amateur_Athletic_Union) national champion. He competed at the [1924 Olympic Games](/source/1924_Summer_Olympics) in [Paris](/source/Paris), where he received a gold medal in the [freestyle](/source/Freestyle_wrestling) lightweight division.<ref name=db-olymp-1924WRE>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=8&sp=WRE "1924 Summer Olympics &ndash; Paris, France &ndash; Wrestling"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220103959/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=8&sp=WRE |date=2007-02-20 }} &ndash; ''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](/source/Professional_wrestling) 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](/source/National_Wrestling_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum) 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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Category:1900 births
Category:1990 deaths
Category:Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:American male sport wrestlers
Category:American male professional wrestlers
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in wrestling
Category:Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Martial artists from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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