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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.
Asia set to host 2019 swimming World Championships
Sunday, 28 October 2012
October 28 – FINA, the international governing body of swimming, has announced that China, Japan and South Korea will be bidding to host the 2019 World Championships. However, at this stage, the three countries have not confirmed which cities they will be putting forward to host the event.
Formal bids will be submitted by April, with FINA choosing the 2019 host in July in Barcelona, at next year's World Championships.
At the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai last year, synchronised swimmer Natalia Ishchenko of Russia was the most decorated competitor winning six gold medalsKazan in Russia will host the 2015 Championships, while Guadalajara, Mexico, will stage the 2017 event.
The FINA World Championships feature five aquatics disciplines: swimming; water polo; diving; open water; and synchronised swimming.
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Last month's Boston Marathon bombings showed just how vulnerable some events can be to terrorist attacks but Helmut Spahn, executive director of the International Centre for Sport Security, claims that sharing information and early planning can help reduce the risk of such incidents in the future
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