George Eyser

George Louis Eyser 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 real 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.

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• Born: Aug 31, 1870 · Kiel, Germany
• Died: Mar 06, 1919
• Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
• Parents: Georg Sophus Jasper