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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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British Shooting double trap coach Coley announces retirement
By Tom Degun
May 20 - Ian Coley has announced that he will be retiring from his role as double trap coach for British Shooting following a successful London 2012 Olympics that saw Peter Wilson take gold for Team GB.
May 20 - Ian Coley has announced that he will be retiring from his role as double trap coach for British Shooting following a successful London 2012 Olympics that saw Peter Wilson take gold for Team GB.Singh re-elected as President of National Rifle Association of India
By Duncan Mackay
April 6 - Yuvraj Raninder Singh has been re-elected as President of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) for a second four-year term.
April 6 - Yuvraj Raninder Singh has been re-elected as President of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) for a second four-year term.Italian and South Korean named Shooters of the Year
By James Crook
January 3 - Niccolo Campriani of Italy and Kim Jang-Mi of South Korea have been named the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) 2012 Shooters of the Year.
January 3 - Niccolo Campriani of Italy and Kim Jang-Mi of South Korea have been named the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) 2012 Shooters of the Year.British Shooting performance director takes up new role in Guernsey
By Duncan Mackay
November 16 - British Shooting's performance director, Tim Newenham, has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Guernsey Sports Commission (GSC), it has been announced.
November 16 - British Shooting's performance director, Tim Newenham, has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Guernsey Sports Commission (GSC), it has been announced. Olympic shooting legend Schumann announces retirement
By Mike Rowbottom
October 28 – Germany's longest-standing Olympian ever, the 25 metre rapid fire pistol shooter Ralf Schumann, announced his retirement at the end of the ISSF Rifle & Pistol World Cup final in Bangkok, where he finished fourth.
October 28 – Germany's longest-standing Olympian ever, the 25 metre rapid fire pistol shooter Ralf Schumann, announced his retirement at the end of the ISSF Rifle & Pistol World Cup final in Bangkok, where he finished fourth.Royal Artillery Barracks feted as "iconic shooting venue" by ISSF President
By Duncan Mackay at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London
August 25 - Shooting has become the latest international federation to praise London 2012 for how well it presented its sport during the Olympics.
August 25 - Shooting has become the latest international federation to praise London 2012 for how well it presented its sport during the Olympics.Wilson shoots for gold and scores at London 2012
By Emily Goddard
August 2 - On a day during which Britain appear to have been given the Midas touch, shooter Peter Wilson has secured the home nation's fourth gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics in the men's double trap.
August 2 - On a day during which Britain appear to have been given the Midas touch, shooter Peter Wilson has secured the home nation's fourth gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics in the men's double trap.Chinese shooter wins first gold medal of London 2012
By David Owen at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich
July 28 - Carrying on where it left off four years ago, China won the first gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics at this shooting venue in East London this morning.
July 28 - Carrying on where it left off four years ago, China won the first gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics at this shooting venue in East London this morning.Team GB leader hopes to fire shooting into spotlight at London 2012
By David Gold at Team GB House in London
July 24 - Phil Scanlan, the team leader of Britain's shooting team, has said that the squad are keen to use the opportunity provided by London 2012 to catapult their sport into the spotlight.
July 24 - Phil Scanlan, the team leader of Britain's shooting team, has said that the squad are keen to use the opportunity provided by London 2012 to catapult their sport into the spotlight.More stories
- Australian shooter looks to defuse Olympic Village room-sharing dispute
- ISSF Run & Shoot test event draws field of 400 athletes from across the globe
- Kerwood selected as final athlete to represent Team GB in shooting at London 2012
- South Korean city chosen to host 2018 World Shooting Championships
- London-bound shooting chiefs to combine General Assembly talks with visit to Olympic test event
- Double whammy for GB shooter Wilson as he smashes world record in Tucson Shotgun World Cup win
- Kazakhstan complains to Olympic Council of Asia after Borat error
- Qinan and Kostevych named as 2011 Shooters of the Year
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