Konrad Frey (24 April 1909 in
Bad Kreuznach – 24 May 1974 ib.) was a German
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 ...
best known to be the
most successful German male competitor at a single Olympics.
With 3 Gold and 6 medals in total at the
1936 Summer Olympics, he had beaten team-mate
Alfred Schwarzmann
Alfred Schwarzmann (22 March 1912 – 11 March 2000) was a German Olympic gymnast. He won three gold and two bronze medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and another silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. During World War II, Schwarzmann serv ...
by one Silver for the honours of becoming the most successful competitor in term of total medals won, and the most successful competitor of host nation Germany. American
Jesse Owens
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.
Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifet ...
scored four medals, but all of them Gold.
In 1932, 1935 and 1937, Konrad Frey became German Champion in Men's individual all-round. After
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, he worked again as teacher.
See also
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List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games
List of most medals won at a single Olympic Games
This is a list of most Olympic medals won at a single Olympic Games. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were ...
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Kristin Otto
Kristin Otto (; born 7 February 1966) is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic Games, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. —most successful German woman at a single Olympics, 6 Gold in 1988
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1909 births
1974 deaths
People from Bad Kreuznach
People from the Rhine Province
German male artistic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts of Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Nazi Party members
Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate
20th-century German people
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