Monday Inspiration: George Eysra - the wooden-legged Olympian!
Posted by Cags R under Gymnastics on 29 Jul 2012 at 11:00 PM
Oscar Pistorius is not the only athlete with a disability to compete in the Olympic Games; in 1904 George Eyser came away from the Olympics with 6 medals, after competing with his wooden prosthetic leg. Of course, back then there was no argument as to whether the technology of his prosthesis gave him an advantage!
Gold Medals
Parallel bars
Long horse vault
25-foot rope climbing
Silver medals
Pommel horse
4-event all-around
Bronze medals
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WOW! Always amazed how the human spirit can overcome (and totally ignore) what life throws at us. Never even heard of this guy before, thank you for sharing :)
Kirstin M • • Encourage
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Good man! I'd like to see the 25-foot rope climbing back in the modern olympics.
Phil T • • Encourage
yeah a bit of scrappy rope climbing would be amazing!
Cags R • • Encourage
Maybe some 'hanging-around on the wall bars' could be introduced aswell!
Phil T • • Encourage
Definately hard core!
Jan M • • Encourage