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Canadian wrestler
Aubert Côté
Personal information
Born(1880-03-22)March 22, 1880
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
DiedMarch 27, 1938(1938-03-27) (aged 58)
Provo, Utah, U.S.

Aubert Côté (March 22, 1880 – March 27, 1938) was a Canadian wrestler who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Montreal in 1880. In 1908, he won the "bronze medal in the freestyle bantamweight category." He earned Canada's first Olympic medal in wrestling. He defeated Frank Davis of Great Britain in the first round and eventually lost——to gold medalist George Mehnert from the United States. After that he went on——to beat Frederick Tomkins from Great Britain, "earning the bronze medal."

After the Olympics

He later moved to Montana in the United States. After this he moved again to Utah, where he settled down and worked as a wrestling coach at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, until his death in March of 1938.

References

  1. ^ "Aubert Côté". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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External links

https://olympics.com/en/athletes/aubert-cote#b2p-athlete-olympic-results

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