Frank Kugler
Medal record
Representing Germany Germany
Olympic Games
Men's freestyle wrestling
Silver medal – second place 1904 St Louis Heavyweight
Men's weightlifting
Bronze medal – third place 1904 St Louis Two hand lift
Bronze medal – third place 1904 St Louis All-around dumbbell
Men's tug of war
Bronze medal – third place 1904 St Louis Team competition

Frank X. Kugler (March 29, 1879, Germany – July 7, 1952, St. Louis, Missouri) was a German-American wrestler, weightlifter and tug of war competitor who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

In 1904, he won a silver medal in wrestling's heavyweight category, bronze medals in weightlifting's two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events, and another bronze in the tug of war competition as a member of Southwest Turnverein of Saint Louis No. 2 team.

He was a member of the St. Louis Southwest Turnverein team, having immigrated from Germany to the United States and being granted U.S. citizenship in 1913. The IOC had listed him as a member of the U.S. delegation prior to 2022,[2] and then assigned the medals he had won at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics to the German delegation.[3][4][5]

Despite taking last place in 9 out of 10 events in the dumbbell competition, he was awarded the bronze as there were only 3 competitors. Kugler is the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Olympic Games.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Frank Kugler". Olympedia. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Kugler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  3. ↑ "Olympics St. Louis 1904 Athletes". International Olympic Committee. February 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Olympics St. Louis 1904 Weightlifting". International Olympic Committee. February 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Olympics St. Louis 1904 Wrestling". International Olympic Committee. February 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.


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