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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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The World Class Swimming Programme, one of the five aquatic disciplines, within British Swimming is seeking a successful leader to strategically manage the Sports Science and Sports Medicine (SSSM) programme.
Bidding opens for 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships
Friday, 30 November 2012
November 29 - The bid process has been officially opened by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for the 2014 Swimming European Championships. A fact sheet with further information has been sent to European National Paralympic Committees.
The 2011 IPC Swimming European Championships were held in Berlin with 440 swimmers from 36 countries taking place.
Ukraine finished top overall of the medals table, followed by Britain and Spain, as a total of 31 and 59 European records were broken.
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The 2011 IPC Swimming European Championships were held in Berlin with 440 swimmers from 36 countries taking place.
Ukraine finished top overall of the medals table, followed by Britain and Spain, as a total of 31 and 59 European records were broken.
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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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