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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.
USA Fencing moves home to share with other sports bodies
Monday, 20 August 2012
August 20 - USA Fencing has moved its national office from downtown Colorado Springs to a new location in the area.The organisation will now share a building with the national offices of USA Volleyball, USA Archery and USA Table Tennis.
"We're excited to partner with both USA Volleyball as well as our friends in archery and table tennis on this venture," said USA Fencing executive director Greg Dilworth.
"USA Volleyball purchased the new building several months ago and offered us the chance to relocate to an office space that has more room for our staff and is also more cost effective."
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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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