Frank X. Kugler (March 29, 1879,

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– July 7, 1952, St. Louis, Missouri) was a

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wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat spor ...

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

and

tug of war Tug of war (also known as tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport that pits two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certa ...

competitor 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 ...

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 America and being granted US citizenship in 1913. The IOC had listed him as a member of the US delegation prior to 2022, and then assigned the medals he had won in St. Louis in 1904 to the German delegation. 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. He is the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Olympic Games.

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1879 births 1952 deaths American wrestlers American male weightlifters Wrestlers at the 1904 Summer Olympics American male sport wrestlers Weightlifters at the 1904 Summer Olympics Tug of war competitors at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of the United States Olympic tug of war competitors of the United States Olympic silver medalists for the United States in wrestling Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in wrestling Olympic medalists in weightlifting Olympic medalists in tug of war German emigrants to the United States Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics {{tugofwar-bio-stub

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