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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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| Retailers of London 2012 Pins | |
|---|---|
| London 2012 Shop (Online) | The official London 2012 online store |
| London 2012 Shop (St Pancras) | The official London 2012 shop |
| Museum of London | A very good range of most of the London 2012 pins in the museum shop. Most available online. Pins also available by telephone/mail order. |
| John Lewis | The official London 2012 retailer - online and high street (Oxford Street) |
| Pins and Things | An established pin/collectables retailer selling a large number of London 2012 pins online and at St Albans market on Wednesdays and Saturday. See their website for details. |
| Glamorous Living | A gifts online retailer with a growing range of London 2012 pins |
| Runners Need | Athletics chain selling some of the London 2012 pins in their shops and online. Pins also available by telephone/mail order. |
| Crest of London | Souvenir chain selling some of the London 2012 pins in their shops and online |
| Hux777 (eBay Store) | eBay retailer with a shop selling official pins, some not available elsewhere |
| Olympic Pin Collecting Websites | |
|---|---|
| Al's Pins | A huge site related to Olympic pin trading |
| PinCollectorsSite.com | A site dedicated to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, with lots of good information in the 'Pinology' section |
| Pacific Pin Club | Western Canada's premiere organisation for lapel pin collectors and traders |
| Olympin | Major Olympic collectors club with over 600 members encouraging the growth of collecting throughout the world |
| Radar The Pin Guy.com | Your source for Vancouver 2010 Winter Games Memorabilia & collectables |
| Pins by "Pinz" | A US pin collector/trader with other pin related merchandise |
| Mike's London 2012 Pin Trading | A UK based pin collector/trader |
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