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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.
Fredericks re-elected President of Athletics Namibia
Monday, 19 November 2012
November 19 - Four-time Olympic silver medallist Frankie Fredericks has been re-elected as President of Athletics Namibia at the annual meeting in Ongwediva. The 45-year-old, silver medallist in the 100 and 200 metres at both Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996, had first been elected four years ago.
Fredericks, who won the world 200m title in 1993, is now one of the most powerful sports administrators in Africa.
He is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), having served for four years as chairman of the Athletes' Commission until he stepped down at London 2012 but continues to sit on the influential Programme Commission.
Frankie Fredericks (right) joins London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe in lying the final piece of turf at the Olympic StadiumFredericks was also a member of the IOC Coordination Commission which oversaw the preparations for London 2012.
Last year Fredericks was elected as a member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Council.
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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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