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Full name
  
Augustus M. Goessling

Sport
  
Role
  
Olympic athlete

National team
  
United States

Name
  
Augustus Goessling

Died
  
August 22, 1963

Born
  
November 17, 1878 (
1878-11-17
)
St. Louis, Missouri

Augustus M. Goessling (November 17, 1878 – August 22, 1963) was an American water polo player, breaststroke and backstroke swimmer who represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics and 1908 Summer Olympics.

He was born and died in St. Louis, Missouri.

In the 1904 Olympics he won a bronze medal as a member of the Missouri Athletic Club water polo team.

Four years later he was eliminated in the first round of the 100-meter backstroke, as well as in the first round of the 200-meter breaststroke.

References

Augustus Goessling Wikipedia


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