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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
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, he worked again as teacher.


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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 {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub