George Mehnert
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Full name | George Nicholas Mehnert | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1881-11-03)November 3, 1881 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
Died | July 8, 1948(1948-07-08) (aged 66) Newark, New Jersey, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
Club | National Turnverein | |||||||||||||||||
Team | USA | |||||||||||||||||
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George Nicholas Mehnert (November 3, 1881 – July 8, 1948) was an American wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics and 1908 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal at both Olympics.[1]
At the 1904 Olympics, he won a gold medal in flyweight category. Four years later at the 1908 Olympics, he won a gold medal in freestyle bantamweight category. By winning the gold medal in 1908, Mehnert became the first American to win two Olympic gold medals in wrestling.[2]
In 1976, Mehnert was inducted into the inaugural class of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[3]
References
External links
- George Mehnert at Olympedia
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- 1904: George Mehnert (USA)
- 1948: Lennart Viitala (FIN)
- 1952: Hasan Gemici (TUR)
- 1956: Mirian Tsalkalamanidze (URS)
- 1960: Ahmet Bilek (TUR)
- 1964: Yoshikatsu Yoshida (JPN)
- 1968: Shigeo Nakata (JPN)
- 1972: Kiyomi Kato (JPN)
- 1976: Yuji Takada (JPN)
- 1980: Anatoly Beloglazov (URS)
- 1984: Šaban Trstena (YUG)
- 1988: Mitsuru Sato (JPN)
- 1992: Ri Hak-son (PRK)
- 1996: Valentin Yordanov (BUL)
- 2000: Namig Abdullayev (AZE)
- 1904: 52.16 kg
- 1948–1996: 52 kg
- 2000: 54 kg
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