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Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as a member of Southwest Turnverein of Saint Louis No. 2 team. He is recognised as an American by the International Olympic Committee although he was a German national at the time of the Games.
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Greek implicated in London 2012 ticket scandal named head of Baku 2015 Coordination Commission
By Emily Goddard
March 12 - Spyros Capralos, the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) President who was last year accused of damaging the Olympic Movement after being implicated in the London 2012 ticket scandal, has today been named as chairman of the Coordination Commission for the inaugural European Games in Baku in 2015.
March 12 - Spyros Capralos, the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) President who was last year accused of damaging the Olympic Movement after being implicated in the London 2012 ticket scandal, has today been named as chairman of the Coordination Commission for the inaugural European Games in Baku in 2015.Olympic gold winning coach named Team GB Chef de Mission for Sochi 2014
By Emily Goddard
April 12 - Mike Hay will be Team GB's Chef de Mission for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, the British Olympic Association (BOA) confirmed today.
April 12 - Mike Hay will be Team GB's Chef de Mission for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, the British Olympic Association (BOA) confirmed today.Exclusive: Getting right UK Sport and Sport England chairs is of "fundamental importance" says Culture Secretary
By Tom Degun
April 12 - Maria Miller, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has claimed that appointing the right new chairs for UK Sport and Sport England is of vital importance which is why her Department is taking their time over recruiting two individuals.
April 12 - Maria Miller, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has claimed that appointing the right new chairs for UK Sport and Sport England is of vital importance which is why her Department is taking their time over recruiting two individuals.Australian swimmers tipped by Coates to bounce back at Rio 2016
By Duncan Mackay
April 12 - Australia's swimmers have been backed by John Coates, President of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) to put their troubles behind them and bounce back as a major force at Rio 2016.
April 12 - Australia's swimmers have been backed by John Coates, President of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) to put their troubles behind them and bounce back as a major force at Rio 2016.Madrid 2020 sponsors launch new business forum to boost Olympic bid
By Emily Goddard
April 12 - Madrid 2020's ten commercial partners and sponsors have formed a new business forum, Empresas por Madrid, to raise the international profile of the Spanish capital as it bids for the 2020 Sumer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
April 12 - Madrid 2020's ten commercial partners and sponsors have formed a new business forum, Empresas por Madrid, to raise the international profile of the Spanish capital as it bids for the 2020 Sumer Olympic and Paralympic Games.Irish boxing receive Government funding boost as it cashes in on Taylor effect
By Tom Degun
April 12 - Boxing clubs across Ireland are to receive a €1 million (£852,000/$1.3 million) funding boost from the Government, with the money set to be used primarily to upgrade training facilities and encourage more women and young people to take up the sport.
April 12 - Boxing clubs across Ireland are to receive a €1 million (£852,000/$1.3 million) funding boost from the Government, with the money set to be used primarily to upgrade training facilities and encourage more women and young people to take up the sport.Delhi 2010 relocate to new offices as no sign of Organising Committee being closed
By Duncan Mackay
April 12 - More than two-and-a-half years after the Closing Ceremony, members of the Organising Committee of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi are set to move out of their nine-storey office block into smaller accommodation.
April 12 - More than two-and-a-half years after the Closing Ceremony, members of the Organising Committee of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi are set to move out of their nine-storey office block into smaller accommodation.Seychelles given advice on how to set-up National Paralympic Committee by UK Sport
By Duncan Mackay
April 12 - Seychelles are to investigate setting up a new National Paralympic Committee (NPC), with the help of UK Sport.
April 12 - Seychelles are to investigate setting up a new National Paralympic Committee (NPC), with the help of UK Sport.Curling elite gear up for Mixed Doubles Championship in Fredericton
By Emily Goddard
April 12 - Twenty-seven of the world's top curling squads are gearing up to compete in the 2013 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, which gets underway tomorrow in Fredericton.
April 12 - Twenty-seven of the world's top curling squads are gearing up to compete in the 2013 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, which gets underway tomorrow in Fredericton.More stories
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Denmark's Poul-Erik Høyer is the only non-Asian badminton player ever to win an Olympic gold medal, giving him a unique place in the sport's history. He is now set to become the first European President of the Badminton World Federation for 20 years with the aim of uniting the two continents, as he tells James Crook in this exclusive interview
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