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{{Short description|German gymnast (1864–1919)}}
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'''Otto Ludwig Hermann Weingärtner''' (27 August 1864 &ndash; 22 December 1919) was a German [[gymnastics|gymnast]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/hermann-weingartner-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417081057/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/hermann-weingartner-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Hermann Weingärtner Olympic Results |accessdate=10 July 2019}}</ref>

He started his career in his hometown [[Frankfurt (Oder)]] at the local gymnastics club ''Frankfurter Turnverein 1860''. Later on he moved to [[Berlin]] to compete for the ''Deutsche Turnerschaft''.

He competed at the [[1896 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]]. Weingärtner was a member of the German team that won two [[gold medal]]s by placing first in both of the team events, the [[parallel bars]] and the [[horizontal bar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/30325 |title=Hermann Weingärtner |work=Olympedia |access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref>

He also won a number of individual medals, taking the gold in the horizontal bar, silver in [[pommel horse]] and rings, and bronze in the vault.  He competed in the parallel bars, but did not win a medal in that event.  His six medals arguably made him the most successful competitor at the first modern Olympic Games.

After his return to Germany he and most of the other German gymnasts were suspended because the ''Deutsche Turnerschaft'' (at this time the [[Sport governing body|governing body]] of German gymnastics) boycotted the Olympic games with the reason that competing is "un-German".{{further explanation needed|date=May 2021}} So he moved back to [[Frankfurt (Oder)]] to manage the open-air swimming pool founded by his father on the ''Ziegenwerder'' island.

He drowned trying to rescue a person from drowning in the [[Oder River|Oder]].<ref name="SportsRef"/>

In 1996, the main footpath on the ''Ziegenwerder'' island was named ''Hermann-Weingärtner-Weg''.

==See also==
*[[List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070824025623/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WEINGHER01 Hermann Weingärtner Olympic medals and stats]
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{{Footer Olympic Champions Horizontal Bar Men}}

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