Anton Heida (born 24 December 1878, date of death unknown) was an American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, where he won five gold medals.[1] He won the vault, horizontal bar, pommel horse, team competition and all-around titles, becoming the most successful athlete at the 1904 Olympics.[2][3]

Anton Heida
Country represented United States
Born24 December 1878
Prague, Austria-Hungary
Died?
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Men's gymnastics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis Team competition
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis Combined
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis Pommel horse
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis Vault
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis Horizontal bar
Silver medal – second place 1904 St. Louis Parallel bars

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References edit

  1. ^ "Anton Heida". Olympedia. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  2. ^ Profile: "Anton Heida" Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machinedatabaseolympics.com (Accessed on March 31, 2008)
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anton Heida Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.