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german empire 24 march 1946 münster 200px mag 12 may 1869 schuhmann cavallo atene 1896.jpg carl schuhmann
 carl schuhmann
carl schuhmann

carl schuhmann -lrb- may 12 , 1869 in münster , westphalia -- march 24 , 1946 -rrb- was a german athlete , who was born in münster and won four olympic titles in gymnastics and wrestling at the 1896 summer olympics in athens , becoming the most successful athlete at the inaugural olympics of the modern era .
he also competed in weightlifting .
schuhmann , who was a member of the berliner turnerschaft , was a member of the successful german gymnastics team that won the team events in the horizontal bar and parallel bars events .
schuhmann added a third title by winning the horse vault event .
he also competed in the parallel bars , horizontal bar , pommel horse , and rings events without success .
the only extant information about his placing in those events , besides not being a medallist , is that he placed fifth in the rings competition .
schuhmann then entered the wrestling competition , which he also won , even though he was much lighter and smaller than most of the other combatants .
in the first round , he faced launceston elliot of great britain and ireland , who had won the weightlifting competition .
schuhmann won easily .
the semifinals resulted in a bye for the german .
in the final , he faced georgios tsitas of greece .
the match went for 40 minutes before it was determined that it was too dark to continue and the bout was postponed until a second day .
the next morning , schuhmann quickly finished the bout with a win for a gold medal .
he also entered the weightlifting competition , but did not win any prizes .
schuhmann was one of nine athletes to compete in the long jump .
the only information known about his placing in the event is that he was not one of the top four .
he also placed fifth in the triple jump and in the bottom three of a seven-man field in the shot put .
schuhmann tied for fourth place in the two-handed weightlifting competition now known as the clean and jerk .
he and georgios papasideris of greece both lifted 90.0 kilograms .
he died in 1946 in berlin .
