Question: What are the people of the state that hosted the 1904 Summer Olympic known for?

athletes with disabilities did compete in the olympic games prior to the advent of the paralympics. the first athlete to do so was german american gymnast george eyser in 1904, who had one artificial leg. hungarian karoly takacs competed in shooting events in both the 1948 and 1952 summer olympics. he was a right-arm amputee and could shoot left-handed. another disabled athlete to appear in the olympics prior to the paralympic games was lis hartel, a danish equestrian athlete who had contracted polio in 1943 and won a silver medal in the dressage event.the first organized athletic day for disabled athletes that coincided with the olympic games took place on the day of the opening of the 1948 summer olympics in london, united kingdom. jewish-german born dr. ludwig guttmann of stoke mandeville hospital, who had been helped to flee nazi germany by the council for assisting refugee academics (cara) in 1939, hosted a sports competition for british world war ii veteran patients with spinal cord injuries. the first games were called the 1948 international wheelchair games, and were intended to coincide with the 1948 olympics. dr. guttman's aim was to create an elite sports competition for people with disabilities that would be equivalent to the olympic games. the games were held again at the same location in 1952, and dutch and israeli veterans took part alongside the british, making it the first international competition of its own kind. these early competitions, also known as the stoke mandeville games, have been described as the precursors of the paralympic games. <SEP> St. Louis (/ seɪnt ˈluːɪs /) is an independent city and major U.S. port in the state of Missouri, built along the western bank of the Mississippi River, on the border with Illinois. The city had an estimated 2016 population of 311,404, and is the cultural and economic center of the Greater St. Louis area (home to 2,916,447 people), making it the largest metropolitan area in Missouri and the 19th - largest in the United States. <SEP> He also competed for the New York Athletic Club team in the 4 mile team race against Chicago AA with teammates Arthur Newton, George Underwood, Paul Pilgrim and David Munson. He competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in the 800 metres where he won the silver medal and in the 1500 metres event where he finished seventh. They won the race and the gold medal. <SEP> Well - known Missourians include U.S. President Harry S. Truman, Mark Twain, Walt Disney, Chuck Berry and Nelly. Some of the largest companies based in the state include Cerner, Express Scripts, Monsanto, Emerson Electric, Edward Jones, H&R Block, Wells Fargo Advisors and O'Reilly Auto Parts. Missouri has been called the ``Mother of the West ''and the`` Cave State''; however, Missouri's most famous nickname is the ``Show Me State '', as Missourians are known for being skeptical. <SEP> the 1904 summer olympics, officially known as the games of the iii olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in st. louis, missouri, in the united states from august 29 until september 3, 1904, as part of an extended sports program lasting from july 1 to november 23, 1904, at what is now known as francis field on the campus of washington university in st. louis. it was the first time that the olympic games were held outside europe.