Frank Kugler

Biography

In 1904, he won a silver medal in wrestling's heavyweight category, bronze medals in weightlifting's two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events, and another bronze in the tug of war competition as a member of Southwest Turnverein of Saint Louis No. 2 team.

He was a member of the St. Louis Southwest Turnverein team, having immigrated from Germany to the United States and being granted U.S. citizenship in 1913. The IOC had listed him as a member of the U.S. delegation prior to 2022,[2] and then assigned the medals he had won at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics to the German delegation.[3][4][5]

Despite taking last place in 9 out of 10 events in the dumbbell competition, he was awarded the bronze as there were only 3 competitors. Kugler is the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Olympic Games.

See also

References
  1. "Frank Kugler". Olympedia. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Kugler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  3. "Olympics St. Louis 1904 Athletes". International Olympic Committee. February 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  4. "Olympics St. Louis 1904 Weightlifting". International Olympic Committee. February 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  5. "Olympics St. Louis 1904 Wrestling". International Olympic Committee. February 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.


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