George Eyser
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Artistic Gymnastics | |||
| Gold | 1904 St. Louis | Rope climbing | |
| Gold | 1904 St. Louis | Vault | |
| Gold | 1904 St. Louis | Parallel bars | |
| Silver | 1904 St. Louis | Combined 4 events | |
| Silver | 1904 St. Louis | Pommel horse | |
| Bronze | 1904 St. Louis | Horizontal bar | |
George Eyser (born 1871, date of death unknown) was an American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, earning six medals, including three gold. Eyser competed with a wooden left leg[1], after he lost his real leg after being run over by a train[2], and he is believed to be the only Olympic medal winner who had a wooden leg [citation needed].
Eyser also competed for Concordia, with the club winning the 1908 international meet in Frankfurt, Germany, and the 1909 national meet in Cincinnati, Ohio.
[edit] References
- ^ International Olympic Committee. St. Louis 1904. Retrieved on 2006-08-26.
- ^ Useless Information - 1904 St. Louis Olympics. Retrieved on 2006-08-26.
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| Olympic champions in men's vault |
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| 1896: Carl Schumann | 1904: George Eyser | 1924: Frank Kriz | 1928: Eugen Mack | 1932: Savino Guglielmetti | 1936: Karl-Alfred Schwarzmann | 1948: Paavo Aaltonen | 1952: Viktor Chukarin | 1956: Helmut Bantz-Valentin Muratov | 1960: Boris Shakhlin-Takashi Ono | 1964: Haruhiro Yamashita | 1968: Mikhail Varonin | 1972: Klaus Köste | 1976: Nikolai Andrianov | 1980: Nikolai Andrianov | 1984: Yun Lou | 1988: Yun Lou | 1992: Vitaly Scherbo | 1996: Alexei Nemov | 2000: Gervasio Deferr | 2004: Gervasio Deferr |
Categories: Articles with unsourced statements | 1871 births | Year of death missing | Gymnasts at the 1904 Summer Olympics | American gymnasts | Olympic competitors for the United States | Olympic gold medalists for the United States | Olympic silver medalists for the United States | Olympic bronze medalists for the United States | Multiple Olympic gold medalists
