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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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Taekwondo
Russian city of Chelyabinsk to host 2015 World Taekwondo Championships
By James Crook
June 12 - Russian city Chelyabinsk will host the 2015 World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) World Championships, it has been announced.
June 12 - Russian city Chelyabinsk will host the 2015 World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) World Championships, it has been announced. World Taekwondo Federation awards 10th Dan black belt to UN leader Ban Ki-moon
By Emily Goddard
June 5 - Ban Ki-moon, secretary general of the United Nations (UN), has been awarded an honorary 10th Dan black belt by World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue to mark the 40th anniversary of the sport's world governing body.
June 5 - Ban Ki-moon, secretary general of the United Nations (UN), has been awarded an honorary 10th Dan black belt by World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue to mark the 40th anniversary of the sport's world governing body.Double Olympic champion to attend Taekwondo Youth Camp in Thailand
By Tom Degun
May 21 - China's double Olympic champion Wu Jingyu is set to attend a special Taekwondo Youth Camp in Bangkok this August.
May 21 - China's double Olympic champion Wu Jingyu is set to attend a special Taekwondo Youth Camp in Bangkok this August.South Koreans set to go head-to-head for World Taekwondo Federation top job
By Duncan Mackay
April 18 - Chungwon Choue is set to face another South Korean candidate as he seeks a fourth term as President of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), it has been reported.
April 18 - Chungwon Choue is set to face another South Korean candidate as he seeks a fourth term as President of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), it has been reported.Taekwondo President named Honorary consul of Honduras in Seoul
By Emily Goddard
April 15 - World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue has been appointed as an Honorary Consul of Honduras in Seoul in recognition of his work to promote bilateral relations between South Korea and the Central American nation through the sport.
April 15 - World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue has been appointed as an Honorary Consul of Honduras in Seoul in recognition of his work to promote bilateral relations between South Korea and the Central American nation through the sport.We will not rest on our laurels say WTF as details of development programme are announced
By James Crook
April 12 - The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) vowed they will keep striving to improve following their London 2012 success after launching a new development programme, claiming the sport "will need to demonstrate a clear improvement for every edition of the Games or risk getting left behind".
April 12 - The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) vowed they will keep striving to improve following their London 2012 success after launching a new development programme, claiming the sport "will need to demonstrate a clear improvement for every edition of the Games or risk getting left behind".Olympic Council of Asia and World Taekwondo Federation team up for fifth youth camp
By Emily Goddard
April 11 - The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has joined forces with the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) to host the fifth youth camp for the sport in Bangkok as part of the Asian Youth Development Project in 2013.
April 11 - The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has joined forces with the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) to host the fifth youth camp for the sport in Bangkok as part of the Asian Youth Development Project in 2013.Pimol re-elected as head of Thailand Taekwondo
By Duncan Mackay
March 12 - The Taewkondo Association of Thailand (TAT) has re-elected Pimol Srivikorn as President for a fourth consecutive term despite them failing to achieve one of the major goals he had set himself at the last election.
March 12 - The Taewkondo Association of Thailand (TAT) has re-elected Pimol Srivikorn as President for a fourth consecutive term despite them failing to achieve one of the major goals he had set himself at the last election.Jones claims first victory since London 2012
By James Crook
March 10 - Britain's Olympic taekwondo gold medallist Jade Jones took her first gold medal since London 2012 at the German Open in Hamburg as fellow Britons Ruebyn Richards and Martin Stamper also took victory in their respective classes.
March 10 - Britain's Olympic taekwondo gold medallist Jade Jones took her first gold medal since London 2012 at the German Open in Hamburg as fellow Britons Ruebyn Richards and Martin Stamper also took victory in their respective classes.More stories
- Taekwondo reaches for the sky with Dubai demonstration
- Keep taekwondo in Olympics, South Korean President-elect urges Rogge
- GB Taekwondo signs agreement with Seoul's top Olympic Sports High School to build on cadet development
- Jones targets gold at 2013 World Taekwondo Championships in Mexico
- Exclusive: World Taekwondo Federation confirm Indian governing body suspension
- World Taekwondo Grand Prix series launched to build on success of London 2012
- Taekwondo injury rate at all-time low, WTF 2012 Medical Report reveals
- Taekwondo golden girl Jones named BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year
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