Louis Joseph Baise (born 4 May 1927) was a South African former Olympic wrestler.

Biography

Baise is Jewish, and won

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s at the

1950 Maccabiah Games The 3rd Maccabiah ( he, המכביה השלישית) took place during Sukkot from September 27 to October 8, 1950, with 17 countries competing. It was the third edition of the Maccabiah Games and the first held since the independence of the State ...

and the

1953 Maccabiah Games Eight hundred ninety athletes representing 23 countries competed in the 1953 4th Maccabiah Games, held September 20 to 29, in 18 branches of sports. Israeli President Itzhak Ben-Zvi opened the Games at Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv District, in f ...

in Israel. He competed in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

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for South Africa, coming in 6th in the Men's Flyweight,

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. Baise won the

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Flyweight (−52.0 kg) Freestyle gold medal in Vancouver.

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* 1927 births Possibly living people Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics South African male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of South Africa Wrestlers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Place of birth missing (living people) Maccabiah Games gold medalists for South Africa South African Jews Jewish wrestlers Competitors at the 1950 Maccabiah Games Competitors at the 1953 Maccabiah Games Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Maccabiah Games medalists in wrestling Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-wrestling-bio-stub