Frank Kriz

Frank Kriz medal table
Apparatus gymnast
United States United States
Olympic Summer Games
gold	1924	Horse jump

Frank Josef Kriz (born March 26, 1894 in New York City , † 1970 ) was an American gymnast .

He won a gold medal in horse jumping at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris . However, the competition did not take place strictly according to international rules, rather the athletes had to cross a high jump bar in front of the jumping horse . His best placement four years later at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam was a seventh place in the team all-round competition.

In addition to his Olympic victory, Kriz was a total of five times American champion, namely in 1922 in the individual all-around, in the horse jump and on parallel bars and in 1924 in the individual all- around and in floor exercise . In 1959 he was inducted into the US Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

Web links

Frank Kriz in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
US Gymnastics Hall of Fame - Kriz, Frank (English, with picture)

personal data
SURNAME	Kriz, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kriz, Frank Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American gymnast and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH	March 26, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York , USA
DATE OF DEATH	1970