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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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Wrestling
"We have been bad neighbours" admits new International Wrestling chief
By Duncan Mackay
February 18 - Wrestling needs to emphasise its universality compared to the sports it is now bidding against to keep its place on the Olympic programme, its new interim President Nenad Lalovic admitted today.
February 18 - Wrestling needs to emphasise its universality compared to the sports it is now bidding against to keep its place on the Olympic programme, its new interim President Nenad Lalovic admitted today.Putin backs new International Wrestling committee to keep sport in Olympics
By Duncan Mackay
February 17 - A special committee, backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been set-up by the new leadership at the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) to coordinate the sport's campaign to keep it on the Olympic programme after Rio 2016.
February 17 - A special committee, backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been set-up by the new leadership at the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) to coordinate the sport's campaign to keep it on the Olympic programme after Rio 2016. International Wresting President forced to quit after Olympic shock
By Duncan Mackay
February 16 - Raphaël Martinetti was today forced to resign as President of International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) after the sport was recommended for removal from the Olympics.
February 16 - Raphaël Martinetti was today forced to resign as President of International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) after the sport was recommended for removal from the Olympics.International Wrestling chief must quit after bringing sport "to ruin" demand Russian Federation
By Duncan Mackay
February 15 - Raphaël Martinetti will tomorrow face calls from Russia to resign as head of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) after the sport was left fighting for its Olympic future.
February 15 - Raphaël Martinetti will tomorrow face calls from Russia to resign as head of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) after the sport was left fighting for its Olympic future. Wrestler stripped of London 2012 medal after testing positive
By Duncan Mackay
November 7 - Uzbekistani wrestler Soslan Tigiev has been stripped of the Olympic bronze medal he won in the 74-kilogram freestyle class at London 2012 after failing a drugs test, it has been announced.
November 7 - Uzbekistani wrestler Soslan Tigiev has been stripped of the Olympic bronze medal he won in the 74-kilogram freestyle class at London 2012 after failing a drugs test, it has been announced. Adopted Briton Olga Butkevych takes bronze at the 2012 women's wrestling World Championships
By David Gold
September 28 - Olga Butkevych, one of the so called "Plastic Brits" has become the first woman to win a wrestling World Championship medal for Britain, after she beat Japan's Kyoko Shimada 5-2 to take bronze in the -59 kilogramme category at the event in Edmonton, Canada.
September 28 - Olga Butkevych, one of the so called "Plastic Brits" has become the first woman to win a wrestling World Championship medal for Britain, after she beat Japan's Kyoko Shimada 5-2 to take bronze in the -59 kilogramme category at the event in Edmonton, Canada.British Wrestling begins shake-up after London 2012
By Duncan Mackay
September 24 - British Wrestlng, widely criticised in the build-up to London 2012 for recruiting foreign athletes to represent Britain at the Olympics, have begun the process of rebuilding following the resignation of performance director Shaun Morley and the sacking of head coach Nikolai Kornieiev.
September 24 - British Wrestlng, widely criticised in the build-up to London 2012 for recruiting foreign athletes to represent Britain at the Olympics, have begun the process of rebuilding following the resignation of performance director Shaun Morley and the sacking of head coach Nikolai Kornieiev.Ex-Ukrainian Butkevych earns only British wrestling place at London 2012
By Mike Rowbottom
June 15 - Olga Butkevych (pictured), an Ukrainain-born athlete who was granted a British passport in May, has been selected as Britain's only wrestler at the London 2012 Olympics.
June 15 - Olga Butkevych (pictured), an Ukrainain-born athlete who was granted a British passport in May, has been selected as Britain's only wrestler at the London 2012 Olympics.Farzad Tarash named as Australia's only wrestler for London 2012
By David Gold
June 9 - Australian freestyle wrestler Farzad Tarash has been confirmed as the country's only participant in the sport at the London 2012 Olympics.
June 9 - Australian freestyle wrestler Farzad Tarash has been confirmed as the country's only participant in the sport at the London 2012 Olympics.More stories
- British wrestlers suffer technical knockout at hands of BOA
- British wrestler set to miss London 2012 after positive drugs test
- Chun wrestles her way into record breaking second US Olympic team as Cejudo throws shoes to crowd and retires
- This will be my last wrestle on American soil, says top US Olympic contender ahead of trials
- Ukrainian-born female wrestlers fail to secure UK passport in time for London 2012
- Exclusive: London 2012 hit back at FILA President's wrestling legacy criticism
- London 2012 wrestling test event overshadowed by criticism from FILA President
- Stadnik's naturalisation continues to threaten Olympic dream
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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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