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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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Paralympics New Zealand Patron dies
Friday, 01 February 2013
February 1 - Sir Paul Holmes, Patron of Paralympics New Zealand, has died, it has been announced. He was 62 and had been suffering from prostate cancer.
Sir Paul was one of New Zealand's most popular television broadcasters and hosted a leading current affairs programme.
He was blind in one eye following a near-fatal car crash in 1973 during which he also suffered a neck fracture and brain haemorrhage.
Sir Paul had always been a great supporter of Paralympics New Zealand and in 1996 became Patron.
While competing on Dancing with the Stars he nominated Paralympics New Zealand as his charity of choice.
Sir Paul claimed that seeing Paralympic sport for the first time in the summer of 1980 in Holland changed his life.
He then continued that involvement in 1992 when he organised and presented a documentary at the Barcelona Paralympic Games.
A similar documentary was then produced at the Atlanta Paralympic Games in 1996.
Sydney 2000 saw the first regular TV coverage of a Paralympic Games by TVNZ.
Sir Paul was the face of this coverage and presented a daily one hour show that reported each day of the Games.
"Sir Paul Holmes has been a key contributor to Paralympic sport over many years and a hugely influential part of the Paralympic family," said Mark Copeland, chairman of Paralympics New Zealand.
"His support has helped to significantly raise our profile with the New Zealand public."
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Sir Paul was one of New Zealand's most popular television broadcasters and hosted a leading current affairs programme.
He was blind in one eye following a near-fatal car crash in 1973 during which he also suffered a neck fracture and brain haemorrhage.
Sir Paul had always been a great supporter of Paralympics New Zealand and in 1996 became Patron.
While competing on Dancing with the Stars he nominated Paralympics New Zealand as his charity of choice.
Sir Paul claimed that seeing Paralympic sport for the first time in the summer of 1980 in Holland changed his life.
He then continued that involvement in 1992 when he organised and presented a documentary at the Barcelona Paralympic Games.
A similar documentary was then produced at the Atlanta Paralympic Games in 1996.
Sydney 2000 saw the first regular TV coverage of a Paralympic Games by TVNZ.
Sir Paul was the face of this coverage and presented a daily one hour show that reported each day of the Games.
"Sir Paul Holmes has been a key contributor to Paralympic sport over many years and a hugely influential part of the Paralympic family," said Mark Copeland, chairman of Paralympics New Zealand.
"His support has helped to significantly raise our profile with the New Zealand public."
Contact the writer of this story at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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