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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
Exclusive: Rio 2016 President backs wrestling to stay on Olympic programme
By Tom Degun in Rio de Janeiro
March 12 - Wrestling's bid to remain in the Olympics has received another high profile supporter after Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman backed the discipline to stay on the sports programme for the 2020 Games.
March 12 - Wrestling's bid to remain in the Olympics has received another high profile supporter after Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman backed the discipline to stay on the sports programme for the 2020 Games.Wrestling has golden opportunity to stay in the Olympics, says new FILA President after Rogge meeting
By Tom Degun
March 7 - Nenad Lalovic, interim President of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA), has claimed the sport has a golden opportunity to stay in the Olympics following his meeting today with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge.
March 7 - Nenad Lalovic, interim President of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA), has claimed the sport has a golden opportunity to stay in the Olympics following his meeting today with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge.Wrestling legends help promote Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid
By Duncan Mackay at the Hotel Okura in Tokyo
March 6 - Wrestling legends Saori Yoshida and Kaori Icho today helped promote Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics even though their sport may not feature in the Games.
March 6 - Wrestling legends Saori Yoshida and Kaori Icho today helped promote Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics even though their sport may not feature in the Games.Wrestling has support of Association of National Olympic Committees, promises Sheikh Ahmad
By Duncan Mackay
March 5 - Wrestling's fight to stay on the Olympic programme has the backing of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), its President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah promised today.
March 5 - Wrestling's fight to stay on the Olympic programme has the backing of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), its President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah promised today.Double Olympic gold medallist goes on hunger strike in protest at wrestling decision
By Duncan Mackay
March 3 - Protests against the decision to axe wrestling from the Olympics took a new twist when Armen Nazaryan, a two-time gold medallist, announced he was going on hunger strike.
March 3 - Protests against the decision to axe wrestling from the Olympics took a new twist when Armen Nazaryan, a two-time gold medallist, announced he was going on hunger strike.Don't return medals to IOC in protest, Russian Olympic President tells wrestlers
By Tom Degun
February 28 - Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov has urged the country's Olympic wrestling medallists not to return their medals to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in protest against the decision to remove the discipline from the list of core sports at the Games.
February 28 - Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov has urged the country's Olympic wrestling medallists not to return their medals to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in protest against the decision to remove the discipline from the list of core sports at the Games.Exclusive: Rogge to meet new International Wrestling President next week
By Duncan Mackay
February 27 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge will hold a meeting with the new head of wrestling next week to discuss the sport's controversial axing from the list of core Olympic sports after Rio 2016, which has left it fighting for its future.
February 27 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge will hold a meeting with the new head of wrestling next week to discuss the sport's controversial axing from the list of core Olympic sports after Rio 2016, which has left it fighting for its future.Las Vegas chosen to host 2015 World Wrestling Championships
By Duncan Mackay
February 21 - Las Vegas will host the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, a year before what could be the sport's final appearance for a while at the Olympics unless a campaign to keep it in the Games is successful.
February 21 - Las Vegas will host the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, a year before what could be the sport's final appearance for a while at the Olympics unless a campaign to keep it in the Games is successful. World's wrestlers stage Olympic protest in Tehran
By Duncan Mackay
February 21 - Some of the world's top wrestlers have staged a protest against the decision to remove the sport from the core programme of Olympic sports after Rio 2016, bringing together competitors from Iran, Russia and the United States.
February 21 - Some of the world's top wrestlers have staged a protest against the decision to remove the sport from the core programme of Olympic sports after Rio 2016, bringing together competitors from Iran, Russia and the United States.More stories
- Olympic champion returns gold medal to Rogge in protest at decision to axe wrestling
- "We have been bad neighbours" admits new International Wrestling chief
- Putin backs new International Wrestling committee to keep sport in Olympics
- International Wresting President forced to quit after Olympic shock
- International Wrestling chief must quit after bringing sport "to ruin" demand Russian Federation
- Wrestler stripped of London 2012 medal after testing positive
- Adopted Briton Olga Butkevych takes bronze at the 2012 women's wrestling World Championships
- British Wrestling begins shake-up after London 2012
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