Ernst Heinrich Dietrich Reckeweg (April 18, 1873 – September 5, 1944) was an American gymnast and

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who competed in the

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. He was born in the

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. In 1904 he won the gold medal in the team event. He was also 19th in athletics' triathlon event, 47th in gymnastics all-around event and 67th in gymnastics triathlon event.

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Ernst Reckeweg's profile at databaseOlympics
1873 births 1944 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for the United States Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field American male artistic gymnasts Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics American male triathletes {{US-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub