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George Eyser

1870 - 1919

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George Louis Eyser (August 31, 1870 – March 6, 1919) was a German-American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, earning six medals in one day, including three gold and two silver medals. Eyser competed with a wooden prosthesis for a left leg, having lost his leg after being run over by a train. Despite his disability, he won gold in the vault, an event which then included a jump over a long horse without aid of a springboard. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Eyser is the 152nd most popular gymnast (down from 85th in 2019), the 5,549th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,983rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, George Eyser ranks 152 out of 370. Before him are Axel Janse, Hans Beyer, Vanja Blomberg, Robert Sjursen, Roland Brückner, and Simone Biles. After him are Dmitry Bilozerchev, Cristina Elena Grigoraș, Shawn Johnson East, Nils Silfverskiöld, Maxi Gnauck, and Elvira Saadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, George Eyser ranks 161. Before him are Harry Vardon, Liberato Marcial Rojas, Antonín Slavíček, William Glackens, Maud Barger-Wallach, and Roscoe Pound. After him are Benjamin N. Cardozo, Hubert Gough, Philip Herbert Cowell, Walter Chaffe, Alexander Munro, and C. B. K. Beachcroft. Among people deceased in 1919, George Eyser ranks 153. Before him are Huseyn Arablinski, Hermann Lietz, Theo de Meester, Horatio Parker, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and J. Alden Weir. After him are John Aitken, Abraham Jacobi, Phoebe Hearst, and Anna Howard Shaw.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, George Eyser ranks 5,552 out of 7,253. Before him are Joachim Król (1957), Jens Voigt (1971), Jutta Kirst (1954), Willi Heeks (1922), Roland Brückner (1955), and Carl-Friedrich Freiherr von Langen (1887). After him are Mario Pašalić (1995), Ewald Balser (1898), Herbert Knaup (1956), Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (1960), Christoph Kramer (1991), and Graham Coxon (1969).

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Among GYMNASTS In Germany

Among gymnasts born in Germany, George Eyser ranks 8. Before him are Hermann Weingärtner (1864), Conrad Böcker (1870), Alfred Schwarzmann (1912), Konrad Frey (1909), Klaus Köste (1943), and Roland Brückner (1955). After him are Maxi Gnauck (1964), Andreas Wecker (1970), Marcel Nguyen (1987), Fabian Hambüchen (1987), Philipp Boy (1987), and Elisabeth Seitz (1993).

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