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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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Volleyball
Beijing Olympic beach volleyball champions to reunite for London 2012
March 6 - Misty May-Treanor is to reunite with Kerri Walsh to chase a third consecutive beach volleyball Olympic gold medal at London in 2012, the pair have announced.Mikasa signs as FIVB official game ball supplier for 2013-2016
March 4 - The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has awarded the official game ball supplier contract for volleyball and beach volleyball for the 2013-2016 period to the Mikasa Corporation.
Beach volleyball "turned a corner" after $4 million investment
January 15 - The development of beach volleyball may have turned a corner in 2010 after an investment close to $4 million (£2.5 million), according to one of FIVB's leading executives.
Dutch volleyball coach resigns after disappointing year
December 30 - Peter Blange (pictured) has resigned as head coach of the Dutch men's volleyball team with the team's participation at the London 2012 Olympics hanging in the balance.
Hunt denies volleyball move intended to put pressure on UK Sport
By Mike Rowbottom
December 7 - Britain's male and female indoor volleyball teams learned today they will definitely be competing at the London 2012 Games.
December 7 - Britain's male and female indoor volleyball teams learned today they will definitely be competing at the London 2012 Games.
Beach volleyball world tour calendar for 2011 announced
December 7 - The calendar for next year's $7.94 million (£5.2 million) FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour has been announced.
Senior coaching management role for Cooper at Volleyball England
November 23 - The only Scot ever to play volleyball at the Olympics has been given a senior coaching management position at Volleyball England.
Beach volleyball star voted tour's most outstanding player
November 12 - Brazilian beach volleyball star Juliana Felisberta Silva (pictured) has been named the most outstanding women's player on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour for the second season in a row.
Volleyball Hall of Fame to honour past and present heroes
November 11 - A Hall of Fame to honour the great and good of volleyball is being set up at the sport's national centre in Kettering.
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- Kerri gold! Walsh notches up record 39th medal in Phuket beach volleyball final
- Beach volleyball teams slug it out for £120,000 prize pot
- Partnership offers $1,000 development grants for boys' volleyball
- Tour chief backs sport she loved at school with volleyball partnership deal
- It's a steal as Denmark and Poland snatch volleyball championships
- Players welcome "aspirational" new volleyball league
- Coe’s delight as volleyball project awarded Inspire Mark
- FIVB launch new logo to take it into new era
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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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