Aubert Côté

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 1908 he won the bronze medal in the freestyle bantamweight category.[1] He earned Canada's first olympic bronze medal in wrestling when he defeated Frank Davis of Great Britain in the first round. He eventually lost to gold medalist George Mehnert from the United States. After that he went on to beat Frederick Tomkins from Great Britain earning his spot in third place. [2]

Olympic medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
1908 London Bantamweight

After the Olympics

He later moved to Montana in the United States where he became a state champion in the 125-pound class. After this he moved again to Utah where he settled down and worked as a wrestling coach at Brigham Young University until his death in March of 1938.

References
  1. "Aubert Côté". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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https://olympics.com/en/athletes/aubert-cote#b2p-athlete-olympic-results

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