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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.
Sailing
Australia finish on top at World Sailing Championships
By Mike Rowbottom
December 19 - Australia finished as top nation at the Perth 2011 World Championships thanks to three gold medals, but Britain won twice as many medals as any other nation as two silvers on the final day brought their total to six.
December 19 - Australia finished as top nation at the Perth 2011 World Championships thanks to three gold medals, but Britain won twice as many medals as any other nation as two silvers on the final day brought their total to six.Britain's defending sailing world champions have to settle for silver
By Mike Rowbottom
December 18 - Britain's defending world champions Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Kate Macgregor had to settle for silver in the match racing final at the Perth 2011 Sailing World Championship as they were defeated 4-0 by the US trio of Anna Tunnicliffe, Debbie Capozzi and Molly Vandemoer.
December 18 - Britain's defending world champions Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Kate Macgregor had to settle for silver in the match racing final at the Perth 2011 Sailing World Championship as they were defeated 4-0 by the US trio of Anna Tunnicliffe, Debbie Capozzi and Molly Vandemoer.Scott takes world finn title in absence of disqualified Ainslie
By Mike Rowbottom
December 11 - Ben Ainslie's loss was Giles Scott's gain at the Perth 2011 Sailing World Championships as the latter took advantage of Ainslie's dramatic disqualification to add the finn world title to his European crown.
December 11 - Ben Ainslie's loss was Giles Scott's gain at the Perth 2011 Sailing World Championships as the latter took advantage of Ainslie's dramatic disqualification to add the finn world title to his European crown.Ainslie disqualified from World Championships after gross misconduct charge
By Duncan Mackay
December 10 - Britain's Ben Ainslie was disqualified from two races at the World Sailing Championships in Perth today for "gross misconduct" after boarding a media boat and confronting the crew for impeding his progress.
December 10 - Britain's Ben Ainslie was disqualified from two races at the World Sailing Championships in Perth today for "gross misconduct" after boarding a media boat and confronting the crew for impeding his progress.Sailors forced to boycott Moscow 1980 call on RYA to recompense for "stolen medals"
By Mike Rowbottom
November 23 - Olympic sailors who were forced to boycott the 1980 Moscow Games are using this week's annual meeting of the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) to call for official recompense for those who missed out on the chance of winning medals.
November 23 - Olympic sailors who were forced to boycott the 1980 Moscow Games are using this week's annual meeting of the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) to call for official recompense for those who missed out on the chance of winning medals.Volvo launch London 2012 sailing application
By David Gold
October 21 - Volvo has launched an application to help the British public learn more about the sport of sailing, the country's most successful event at recent Olympic Games.
October 21 - Volvo has launched an application to help the British public learn more about the sport of sailing, the country's most successful event at recent Olympic Games.INXS to rock out at launch of Sailing World Championships
By David Gold
September 30 - Rock group INXS will be launching the 2011 Perth Worlds Festival at a show in Fremantle on December 3, to coincide with the start of the Sailing World Championships in the city.
September 30 - Rock group INXS will be launching the 2011 Perth Worlds Festival at a show in Fremantle on December 3, to coincide with the start of the Sailing World Championships in the city.Ainslie leads first Team GB selections for London 2012
By Duncan Mackay at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich
September 20 - Ben Ainslie was today named among the first group of British athletes to be selected for the London 2012 Olympics, giving him the opportunity to try to make history.
September 20 - Ben Ainslie was today named among the first group of British athletes to be selected for the London 2012 Olympics, giving him the opportunity to try to make history.
Weymouth in "win-win" situation claims Minister as Olympic test event reaches climax
By Duncan Mackay
August 11 - Weymouth and Portland is in a "win-win" situation by staging the Olympics, Government Minister Bob Neill claimed today as Britain claimed its first medals at the 2012 Olympics sailing test event.
August 11 - Weymouth and Portland is in a "win-win" situation by staging the Olympics, Government Minister Bob Neill claimed today as Britain claimed its first medals at the 2012 Olympics sailing test event.
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- Buoyant US Sailing team's set fair for London 2012
- Over 400 sailors take to the Olympic test regatta at Weymouth and Portland
- Britain's sailors leave European Championships in Helsinki with five medals
- Perth 2011 stars on BBC World news
- Ainslie and Dempsey lead Britain's nine medal haul at Skandia Sail for Gold
- Competition intensifies on day four at Weymouth and Portland World Cup
- Ainslie slams ISAF over decision to drop Star from Rio 2016
- Mixed sailing to get Olympic debut at Rio 2016
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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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