Frank Kugler
Medal record
Representing Germany Germany
Olympic Games
Men's freestyle wrestling
Silver medal – second place 1904 St Louis Heavyweight
Men's weightlifting
Bronze medal – third place 1904 St Louis Two hand lift
Bronze medal – third place 1904 St Louis All-around dumbbell
Men's tug of war
Bronze medal – third place 1904 St Louis Team competition

Frank X. Kugler (March 29, 1879, Germany – July 7, 1952, St. Louis, Missouri) was a German-American wrestler, weightlifter and tug of war competitor who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.[1]

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 the Southwest Turnverein of Saint Louis No. 2 team.

He was a member of the St. Louis Southwest Turnverein team, having immigrated from Germany to the United States, and was granted U.S. citizenship in 1913. The IOC listed him as a member of the U.S. delegation until 2022,[2] when it assigned the medals he had won at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics to Germany.[3][4][5]

Despite taking last place in ninw of the 10 events in the dumbbell competition, he won the bronze medal as there were only three competitors. Kugler is the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Olympic Games.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Frank Kugler". Olympedia. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Kugler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  3. ^ "Olympics St. Louis 1904 Athletes". International Olympic Committee. February 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  4. ^ "Olympics St. Louis 1904 Weightlifting". International Olympic Committee. February 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  5. ^ "Olympics St. Louis 1904 Wrestling". International Olympic Committee. February 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.


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