Anton Heida
Anton Heida medal table |
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United States | ||
Olympic Summer Games | ||
gold | 1904 St. Louis | Individual all-around |
gold | 1904 St. Louis | Horse jump |
gold | 1904 St. Louis | Horizontal bar |
gold | 1904 St. Louis | Pommel horse |
gold | 1904 St. Louis | Team all-around |
silver | 1904 St. Louis | Ingots |
Anton Heida (October 1878 ; † unknown) was an American gymnast and five-time Olympic champion .
At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis , he was the most successful athlete in these games with five gold and one silver medal. He won the individual competitions in the individual all-around , in the horse jump (together with compatriot George Eyser ), on the horizontal bar (together with compatriot Edward Hennig ) and on the pommel horse. As a member of the Philadelphia gymnastics community with the line-up of John Grieb, Anton Heida, Max Hess, Philipp Kassel , Julius Lenhart and Ernst Reckeweg, he also won gold in the team all-around competition. On bars he won the silver medal behind George Eyser.
His victories were also counted as national titles. In 1902 he won the national horse jumping championship.
Web links
- Anton Heida in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Short biography on hickoksports.com ( Memento from September 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Heida, Anton |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American gymnast |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 1878 |
DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |