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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.
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Britain top the medal table at European Junior Swimming Championships in Belgrade
By Tom Degun
July 10 - Britain's young swimmers took full advantage of the opportunity to show their class at the European Junior Championships in Belgrade as they claimed a total of six gold medals to finish at the top of the standings ahead of Italy and Germany respectively.
July 10 - Britain's young swimmers took full advantage of the opportunity to show their class at the European Junior Championships in Belgrade as they claimed a total of six gold medals to finish at the top of the standings ahead of Italy and Germany respectively.
Daley World Championship defence hopes boosted after Olympic champion Mitcham pulls out
By Tom Degun
July 8 - Britain's teenage diving star Tom Daley has received a boost as he looks to defend his title in the 10 metre individual platform event at this month's FINA World Championships in Shanghai later this month after Australian rival and Beijing 2008 Olympic champion Matthew Mitcham (pictured) pulled out of the event with an abdominal injury.
July 8 - Britain's teenage diving star Tom Daley has received a boost as he looks to defend his title in the 10 metre individual platform event at this month's FINA World Championships in Shanghai later this month after Australian rival and Beijing 2008 Olympic champion Matthew Mitcham (pictured) pulled out of the event with an abdominal injury.
Adlington set to face old rival after Olympic gold medallist ends retirement
June 26 - France's former Olympic champion Laure Manaudou revealed today that she has come out of retirement, joining a growing list of swimmers returning to the pool before 2012 London.
Anger in Australia as Olympic swimming legend Wenden faces eviction
By Tom Degun in the Gold Coast
June 24 - A number of senior figures in Australia, including Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke and President of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Olympic Council Robin Poke, have reacted angrily as one of the country's greatest ever swimmers Mike Wenden faces eviction from the pool in the Gold Coast he has managed for 34 years.
June 24 - A number of senior figures in Australia, including Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke and President of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Olympic Council Robin Poke, have reacted angrily as one of the country's greatest ever swimmers Mike Wenden faces eviction from the pool in the Gold Coast he has managed for 34 years.
Adlington set to lead British charge at FINA World Championships in Shanghai
By Tom Degun
June 22 - Double Beijing 2008 Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington (pictured) is set to lead a 40-strong group of British swimmers at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai next month, the biggest event in the sport outside of the Olympic Games.
June 22 - Double Beijing 2008 Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington (pictured) is set to lead a 40-strong group of British swimmers at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai next month, the biggest event in the sport outside of the Olympic Games.
Welsh star Davies pulls out of Swimming World Championships with fatigue
By Tom Degun
June 15 - Double Olympic medallist David Davies has been forced to withdraw from Britain's swimming team for the World Championships in Shanghai next month due to fatigue.
June 15 - Double Olympic medallist David Davies has been forced to withdraw from Britain's swimming team for the World Championships in Shanghai next month due to fatigue.
Daley returns to action after death of father
By Mike Rowbottom
June 11 - Tom Daley, competing for the first time since the death of his father Robert, finished fifth in the three-metre springboard event at the National Diving Championships in Leeds today.
June 11 - Tom Daley, competing for the first time since the death of his father Robert, finished fifth in the three-metre springboard event at the National Diving Championships in Leeds today.
New FIFA vice-president promises to find solution to Iran dress row
By Duncan Mackay
June 7 - New FIFA vice-president Prince Ali of Jordan promised today that he will try to find a solution to the row which has seen the chances of Iran's women's Olympic football team competing at London 2012 because of their refusal to stop wearing their Islamic headscarf.
June 7 - New FIFA vice-president Prince Ali of Jordan promised today that he will try to find a solution to the row which has seen the chances of Iran's women's Olympic football team competing at London 2012 because of their refusal to stop wearing their Islamic headscarf.
USA Swimming executive director honoured for comeback from ostomy surgery
By Emily Goddard
June 7 - Chuck Wielgus, the executive director of USA Swimming, has been named as the winner of this year's Great Comebacks National Award following his diagnosis of Stage III colorectal cancer and ostomy surgery in 2006.
June 7 - Chuck Wielgus, the executive director of USA Swimming, has been named as the winner of this year's Great Comebacks National Award following his diagnosis of Stage III colorectal cancer and ostomy surgery in 2006.
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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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