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George Eyser is an American gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics Games. Throughout his career he has earned 6 medals, including 3 gold and 2 silver. Gymnastics has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. ...
Eyser was the only Olympic medal winner who had a wooden leg [citation needed]. There's apparently no record of when or how he lost the leg, or even of which leg it was.
Confusion even surrounds the 1904 Olympics in which he competed. The Olympics were held in St. Louis that year, and not many foreign athletes took part. The U. S. was the only country represented in a number of sports, including gymnastics.
The AAU national gymnastics championships were held as part of the Olympics and winners were considered Olympic champions. It's uncertain, however, which events were actually considered Olympic events. In the AAU competition, Eyser won the parallel bars and rope climb; tied for first with Anton Heida in the vault; finished second in the pommel horse and all-around; and placed third in the horizontal bar. His club, the Concordia Turnverein, won the team championship, bringing Eyser his third gold medal and seventh medal overall.
Eyser also competed for Concordia when the club won a 1908 international meet in Frankfurt, Germany, and a 1909 national meet in Cincinnati.
GeorgeEyser is an American gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics Games.
In the AAU competition, Eyser won the parallel bars and rope climb; tied for first with Anton Heida in the vault; finished second in the pommel horse and all-around; and placed third in the horizontal bar.
Eyser also competed for Concordia when the club won a 1908 international meet in Frankfurt, Germany, and a 1909 national meet in Cincinnati.
In the final round the 46-year-old beat a competitor half his age, then proceeded to walk the entire length of the clubhouse on his hands in celebration.
- GeorgeEyser of the United States was the story in gymnastics in 1904, and not merely because of his five medals, including two gold.
The big news was that he competed with a wooden leg; he lost his left leg when he was run over by a train.
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