Louis Baise Explained

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Louis Baise Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics t . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074744/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/louis-baise-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports-reference.com . 28 October 2013.
2. Web site: The Canadian Jewish Chronicle - Google News Archive Search . The Canadian Jewish Chronicle . 28 October 2013.
3. Book: South African Jewry . Leon Feldberg . 28 October 2013. 1976 .
4. Web site: Commonwealth Games Medallists – Wrestling . Gbrathletics.com . 28 October 2013.
5. Book: Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town . 28 October 2013. 1971 .