Tags: Gymnast.
George Eyser (born August 31 1870 date of death unknown) 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 real 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.
