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George Mehnert

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Personal information
Full name	George Nicholas Mehnert
Born	(1881-11-03)November 3, 1881 Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	July 8, 1948(1948-07-08) (aged 66) Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Club	National Turnverein
Team	USA
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1904 St. Louis Flyweight 1908 London Bantamweight

George Nicholas Mehnert (November 3, 1881 – July 8, 1948) was an American wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics and 1908 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal at both Olympics.

At the 1904 Olympics, he won a gold medal in flyweight category. Four years later at the 1908 Olympics, he won a gold medal in freestyle bantamweight category. By winning the gold medal in 1908, Mehnert became the first American to win two Olympic gold medals in wrestling.

In 1976, Mehnert was inducted into the inaugural class of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.

References

1. "George Mehnert". Olympedia. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
2. "Help Center - the Arizona Republic".
3. George Mehnert. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 18, 2022.

External links

• George Mehnert at Olympedia

v t e Olympic Champions in freestyle flyweight
1904:  George Mehnert (USA) 1948:  Lennart Viitala (FIN) 1952:  Hasan Gemici (TUR) 1956:  Mirian Tsalkalamanidze (URS) 1960:  Ahmet Bilek (TUR) 1964:  Yoshikatsu Yoshida (JPN) 1968:  Shigeo Nakata (JPN) 1972:  Kiyomi Kato (JPN) 1976:  Yuji Takada (JPN) 1980:  Anatoly Beloglazov (URS) 1984:  Šaban Trstena (YUG) 1988:  Mitsuru Sato (JPN) 1992:  Ri Hak-son (PRK) 1996:  Valentin Yordanov (BUL) 2000:  Namig Abdullayev (AZE)
1904: 52.16 kg 1948–1996: 52 kg 2000: 54 kg

v t e Olympic Champions in freestyle bantamweight
1904:  Isidor Niflot (USA) 1908:  George Mehnert (USA) 1924:  Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN) 1928:  Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN) 1932:  Robert Pearce (USA) 1936:  Ödön Zombori (HUN) 1948:  Nasuh Akar (TUR) 1952:  Shohachi Ishii (JPN) 1956:  Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR) 1960:  Terrence McCann (USA) 1964:  Yojiro Uetake (JPN) 1968:  Yojiro Uetake (JPN) 1972:  Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) 1976:  Vladimir Yumin (URS) 1980:  Sergei Beloglazov (URS) 1984:  Hideaki Tomiyama (JPN) 1988:  Sergei Beloglazov (URS) 1992:  Alejandro Puerto (CUB) 1996:  Kendall Cross (USA) 2000:  Alireza Dabir (IRI) 2004:  Mavlet Batirov (RUS) 2008:  Henry Cejudo (USA) 2012:  Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS) 2016:  Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO) 2020:  Zaur Uguev (ROC) 2024:  Rei Higuchi (JPN)
1904: 56.70 kg 1908: 54 kg 1924–1936: 56 kg 1948–1996: 57 kg 2000: 58 kg 2004–2012: 55 kg 2016–present: 57 kg

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