Edward August Hennig (October 13, 1879 – August 28, 1960) was an American gymnast who competed in the

1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 29 August to 3 September 1904, as part of an extended s ...

. He died in

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. Hennig won two gold medals, one of them at

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. In the horizontal bar event he and his countryman

Anton Heida Anton Heida (born 24 December 1878, date of death unknown) was an American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, where he won five gold medals. He won the vault, horizontal bar, pommel horse, team competition and all-around titles, be ...

had the same score and the gold medal was shared between them. He also competed in the pommel horse event without winning a medal. In the all-around event he finished 50th, in the team competition he was a member of the ''Turnverein Vorwärts (Cleveland)'' which finished 13th. In the gymnastics triathlon he finished 59th and in the athletics triathlon he finished 36th.

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* 1879 births 1960 deaths American male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in gymnastics Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics 20th-century American people {{US-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub