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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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Blade Babe sets 400m world record at Dutch Open
By James Crook
May 12 - Holland's Marlou Van Rhijn has set a 400 metres T43 world record at the Dutch Open in Emmeloord, clocking a time of 1min 4.95 seconds to take nearly five seconds off the best.
May 12 - Holland's Marlou Van Rhijn has set a 400 metres T43 world record at the Dutch Open in Emmeloord, clocking a time of 1min 4.95 seconds to take nearly five seconds off the best.Paralympic champion Caironi smashes two world records at IPC Grand Prix
By James Crook
May 11 - London 2012 Paralympic gold medallist Martina Caironi smashed both the 100 metre and 200 metre T42 world records on home turf at the fourth International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Grand Prix of the year in the Tuscan city of Grosseto.
May 11 - London 2012 Paralympic gold medallist Martina Caironi smashed both the 100 metre and 200 metre T42 world records on home turf at the fourth International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Grand Prix of the year in the Tuscan city of Grosseto.Peacock joins top British line-up for IPC Grand Prix Final in Birmingham
By Tom Degun
May 9 - London 2012 100 metres T44 Paralympic champion Jonnie Peacock is set to head a top British line-up for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Grand Prix Final in Birmingham next month.
May 9 - London 2012 100 metres T44 Paralympic champion Jonnie Peacock is set to head a top British line-up for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Grand Prix Final in Birmingham next month.Whitehead targets 200m Paralympic title defence at Rio 2016 despite marathon commitment
By Tom Degun
May 7 - Britain's Richard Whitehead has revealed he is targeting the defence of his 200 metre T42 title at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games despite refusing to give up on his passion of running marathons.
May 7 - Britain's Richard Whitehead has revealed he is targeting the defence of his 200 metre T42 title at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games despite refusing to give up on his passion of running marathons.Petitclerc to be inducted into Athletics Canada’s Hall of Fame
By Tom Degun
May 7 - Wheelchair racing icon Chantal Petitclerc, one of the most decorated Paralympic athletes ever, is set to be inducted into the Athletics Canada's Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2013.
May 7 - Wheelchair racing icon Chantal Petitclerc, one of the most decorated Paralympic athletes ever, is set to be inducted into the Athletics Canada's Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2013.Exclusive: Pistorius could still compete at World Championships says IPC Athletics chief
By Tom Degun
May 5 - Ed Warner, chairman of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics sport technical committee, says there is still a chance that Oscar Pistorius could compete at the 2013 World Championships in Lyon this summer.
May 5 - Ed Warner, chairman of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics sport technical committee, says there is still a chance that Oscar Pistorius could compete at the 2013 World Championships in Lyon this summer.Briton breaks Paralympic world record
By Duncan Mackay
May 4 - Britain's Aled Davies today set a Paralympic world record when he threw 14.68 metres in the F42 shot put at the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Championships in Bedford.
May 4 - Britain's Aled Davies today set a Paralympic world record when he threw 14.68 metres in the F42 shot put at the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Championships in Bedford.Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister tells British Athletics to "sort it" in Smyth snub row
By Duncan Mackay
April 27 - British Athletics' decision not to hold an event which double Paralympic champion Jason Smyth can compete in at the Sainsbury's London Anniversary Games has taken a political turn with Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness urging them to change the programme.
April 27 - British Athletics' decision not to hold an event which double Paralympic champion Jason Smyth can compete in at the Sainsbury's London Anniversary Games has taken a political turn with Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness urging them to change the programme.China's Zheng breaks women's T11 5,000m at second IPC Athletics Grand Prix event
By Emily Goddard
April 25 - China's Jin Zheng set a world record in the women's T11 5,000 metres at the China Open Athletics Championships – the second of seven events in the inaugural International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Grand Prix – in Beijing.
April 25 - China's Jin Zheng set a world record in the women's T11 5,000 metres at the China Open Athletics Championships – the second of seven events in the inaugural International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Grand Prix – in Beijing.More stories
- Weir to compete in IPC Grand Prix Final in Birmingham but rules out World Championships
- British Athletics defend snubbing Paralympic star Smyth from London Anniversary Games
- Exclusive: Weir calls for earlier start in London Marathon wheelchair race
- Whitehead enjoys London Marathon chance in first IPC World Cup race
- Double glory for McFadden but Weir's dreams of historic seventh London Marathon title in tatters
- Whitehead gets his marathon chance in London seven months after Paralympics frustration
- Baroness Tanni "happy" if Weir can earn record seventh London Marathon title – now she's retired
- Weir inducted into Great North Run Hall of Fame
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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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