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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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White House honours London 2012 fencer as "Champion of Change"
Sunday, 19 August 2012
August 19 - Tim Morehouse, an Olympic silver medalist, has been honoured for his work taking fencing to under-served communities in America. New York-born Morehouse (pictured above), who most recently finished eighth at London 2012, has fenced for the United States at three Olympic Games and was the country's number one men's saber fencer from 2008 to 2011.
Now Morehouse has been recognised for his work outside of sports competitions – as a Champion of Change, a US Administration programme that honours Americans working for the benefit of others.
While pursuing his Olympic dreams, Morehouse has also worked to promote fencing and establish programmes to attract new participants to the sport.
Tim Morehouse (left) competing against France's Julien Pillet in the Beijing 2008 sabre fencing gold medal match As a motivational speaker, Morehouse has spoken to over 30,000 children and young people in urban schools about his Olympic story.
He has also given presentations to Fortune 100 and 500 organizations.
In 2011, Morehouse founded the Fencing-in-the-Schools Foundation – a non-profit programme dedicated to help improve the health, academic performance and self-esteem of young people in disadvantaged communities throughout the US.
Morehouse receives his honour as an alumni leader of the AmeriCorps, a corporation for national and community service.
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Denmark's Poul-Erik Høyer is the only non-Asian badminton player ever to win an Olympic gold medal, giving him a unique place in the sport's history. He is now set to become the first European President of the Badminton World Federation for 20 years with the aim of uniting the two continents, as he tells James Crook in this exclusive interview
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