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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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Exclusive: World Archery President tips Paralympian Brown for Athlete of the Year
By Emily Goddard
January 4 - Uğur Erdener, President of World Archery, has tipped British Paralympian Danielle Brown to win the sport's Athlete of the Year title for 2012.
January 4 - Uğur Erdener, President of World Archery, has tipped British Paralympian Danielle Brown to win the sport's Athlete of the Year title for 2012.Hazell steps down as British Paralympic archery head coach
By Tom Degun
October 13 - British Paralympic archery head coach Tim Hazell is set to step down from the position at the end of this month after leading the ParalympicsGB archery team to a gold and a silver medal at London 2012.
October 13 - British Paralympic archery head coach Tim Hazell is set to step down from the position at the end of this month after leading the ParalympicsGB archery team to a gold and a silver medal at London 2012.Couldn't have asked for more from London 2012, says Clarke
By David Gold
September 23 - Britain's Mel Clarke, who won a Paralympic silver medal this summer in the London 2012 archery tournament, has told insidethegames that she "could not have asked for more" from the Games.
September 23 - Britain's Mel Clarke, who won a Paralympic silver medal this summer in the London 2012 archery tournament, has told insidethegames that she "could not have asked for more" from the Games.Brown retains Paralympic archery gold with victory in all-British final
By Tom Degun
September 4 - Danielle Brown retained her Paralympic archery title in stunning fashion today as she defeated compatriot Mel Clarke in a nail-biting all-British women's individual compound final that went down to the very last arrow at the Royal Artillery Barracks.
September 4 - Danielle Brown retained her Paralympic archery title in stunning fashion today as she defeated compatriot Mel Clarke in a nail-biting all-British women's individual compound final that went down to the very last arrow at the Royal Artillery Barracks.Canada's archers bring home six medals from Czech Republic
By David Gold
July 22 - Canada's archery team came away from the Czech Target international tournament in Nové Město nad Metují with six medals to signal their intent ahead of London 2012.
July 22 - Canada's archery team came away from the Czech Target international tournament in Nové Město nad Metují with six medals to signal their intent ahead of London 2012.Evans to lead five-strong Canadian archery team at London 2012 Paralympics
By Tom Degun
June 22 - Kevin Evans, the reigning Parapan American Games champion, will lead a five-strong Canadian archery team at London 2012 after being nominated by the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC).
June 22 - Kevin Evans, the reigning Parapan American Games champion, will lead a five-strong Canadian archery team at London 2012 after being nominated by the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC).Exclusive: Commonwealth Games experience has boosted my chances of glory at London 2012, says Danielle Brown
By David Gold
June 7 - British Paralympic archery champion Danielle Brown has told insideworldparasport that her exploits in winning gold at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games boosted her bid for London 2012 glory.
June 7 - British Paralympic archery champion Danielle Brown has told insideworldparasport that her exploits in winning gold at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games boosted her bid for London 2012 glory.Russia and Thailand top the board at Para-Archery World Ranking event
By David Gold
March 20 - Russia and Thailand claimed the main honours at the Para-Archery World Ranking event which took place in Bangkok.
March 20 - Russia and Thailand claimed the main honours at the Para-Archery World Ranking event which took place in Bangkok.Archers head to Para-Archery World Ranking event hoping for London 2012 places
By David Gold
March 14 - Archers from across the world are in Bangkok for the Para-Archery World Ranking event, which gets underway today.
March 14 - Archers from across the world are in Bangkok for the Para-Archery World Ranking event, which gets underway today.More stories
- GB archers dominate at Para-Archery World Ranking event
- Archery star Danielle Brown voted IPC Athlete of the Month for July
- Brown on target with triple success at World Archery Championships
- Crawford Report threatens to limit opportunities claims Archery Australia
- Commonwealth Games venue will miss deadline claims archery boss
- FITA President re-elected
- British Archery coach to step down
- Archery to be powered by new technology partner
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BPA performance director Penny Briscoe will be ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission for Sochi 2014 in what will be her sixth Paralympic Games and she will be aiming to ensure that the team win a medal, as Tom Degun reports Read moreBig Read ArchivePoll
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