George Eyser

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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 prosthesis for a left leg [cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1904|title=St. Louis 1904 |accessdate=2006-08-26 |author=International Olympic Committee |authorlink=International Olympic Committee] , having lost his real leg after being run over by a train [cite web|url=http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/st_louis_olympics/index.html |title= Useless Information - 1904 St. Louis Olympics |accessdate=2006-08-26] .

Eyser also competed for Concordia, with the club winning the 1908 international meet in Frankfurt, Germany, and the 1909 national meet in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Prior to 2008, Eyser was the only person with an artificial leg to have competed at the Olympic Games. In 2008, Natalie du Toit, a South African swimmer who lost her left leg in a traffic accident, competed in the 10,000m open swimming event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. [cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/swimming/wires/08/20/2080.ap.as.oly.swm.du.toit.s.olympics/index.html |title=Du Toit doesn't win, but inspires in Olympic debut |accessdate=2008-08-20 |author=Associated Press |authorlink=Associated Press |date=2008-08-20 |work=SI.com ]

References

External links

* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EYSERGEO01 Profile]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ey/george-eyser-1.html Sports Reference entry]