August 31, 1870 Dänisch-Nienhof near Kiel, Germany
Died
March 6, 1919(1919-03-06) (aged 48) Denver, Colorado, United States
Residence
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Height
170 cm (5.6 ft)
Discipline
Men's artistic gymnastics
Club
Concordia
Medal record
Men's gymnastics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
1904 St. Louis
Rope climbing
1904 St. Louis
Vault
1904 St. Louis
Parallel bars
1904 St. Louis
Combined 4 events
1904 St. Louis
Pommel horse
1904 St. Louis
Horizontal bar
Concordia team in 1908, Eyser is in the center.
George Louis Eyser (August 31, 1870 – March 6, 1919) was a German-American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, earning six medals in one day, including three gold and two silver medals.[1] Eyser competed with a wooden prosthesis for a left leg, having lost his leg after being run over by a train. Despite his disability, he won gold in the vault, an event which then included a jump over a long horse without aid of a springboard.[2][3]
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