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George Eyser

1870 - 1919

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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. Eyser competed with a wooden prosthesis for a left leg, having lost his leg after being run over by a train. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Eyser has received more than 156,250 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. George Eyser is the 85th most popular gymnast (down from 53rd in 2019), the 4,982nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,303rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, George Eyser ranks 85 out of 370. Before him are Guido Romano, Gösta Olson, Josip Primožič, Hjalmar Cedercrona, Yelena Davydova, and István Pelle. After him are Nobuyuki Aihara, Giuseppe Domenichelli, Adolf Spinnler, Rolf Johnsson, Vanja Blomberg, and Yelena Shushunova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, George Eyser ranks 140. Before him are Charles Bennett, Jüri Jaakson, Teodor Shteingel, Henri Bouckaert, Marcus Loew, and Charles Homer Haskins. After him are Herbert Ponting, Maud Barger-Wallach, Hermann Harms, Harry Vardon, Hisashi Kimura, and Lloyd Hildebrand. Among people deceased in 1919, George Eyser ranks 140. Before him are Franz Steindachner, Manuel Franco, Petre P. Carp, Valerian Albanov, Hermann Lietz, and Camille Erlanger. After him are Huseyn Arablinski, Charles Conrad Abbott, Henning von Holtzendorff, William Michael Rossetti, Lawrence Lambe, and John Aitken.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, George Eyser ranks 4,982 out of 7,253. Before him are Helga Seidler (1949), Hermann Pilnik (1914), Shkodran Mustafi (1992), Manfred Kaiser (1929), Aki Schmidt (1935), and Dieter Krause (1936). After him are Jürgen Marcus (1948), Georg Dascher (1911), Christina Lathan (1958), Heinz Prüfer (1896), Sigmund Haringer (1908), and Wolfgang Clement (1940).

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Among GYMNASTS In Germany

Among gymnasts born in Germany, George Eyser ranks 6. Before him are Carl Schuhmann (1869), Hermann Weingärtner (1864), Alfred Schwarzmann (1912), Conrad Böcker (1870), and Konrad Frey (1909). After him are Klaus Köste (1943), Maxi Gnauck (1964), Roland Brückner (1955), Andreas Wecker (1970), Marcel Nguyen (1987), and Fabian Hambüchen (1987).

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