John Grieb
John Grieb ( John William Grieb; born November 19, 1879 in Philadelphia , † December 10, 1939 ibid.) Was an American gymnast and decathlete .
At the Olympic Games in 1904 in St. Louis, he won with the Philadelphia gymnastics community in the team all-round competition of apparatus gymnastics . In athletics , he won silver in the three-way fight and was sixth in the decathlon .
Web links
- John Grieb in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Grieb, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grieb, John William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American gymnast and decathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1939 |
| Place of death | Philadelphia |