John William Grieb (November 19, 1879 – December 10, 1939) was an American

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

and

track and field athlete Track and field is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of ...

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 was born in

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

. In 1904 he won the gold medal in the gymnastics' team event and silver medal in the athletics' triathlon event. He was also sixth in athletics' all-around event, 52nd in gymnastics' all-around event and 90th in gymnastics' triathlon event.

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John Grieb at databaseOlympics.com
1879 births 1939 deaths Gymnasts from Philadelphia American male artistic gymnasts Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field Olympic silver medalists for the United States in gymnastics Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics American male triathletes Track and field athletes from Philadelphia 19th-century American people 20th-century American people {{US-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub