This Bond Villain Was An Olympic Silver Medalist And Other Links

In fact, lots of Olympians went on to careers in Hollywood.

Name: Toshiyuki “Harold” Sakata
Event: Weightlifting, 1948 Olympics, silver medalist
Facts: Goldfinger was the highlight of the Hawaiian-born Sakata’s post-Olympics career, so much so that he adopted “Oddjob” — the Bond-battling villains he played, opposite Sean Connery — as his middle name.

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