Frank Josef Kriz was an American

United States

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 gymnast

Artistic gymnastics

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 and Olympic Champion. A member of the New York Sokol

Sokol

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 and the Bohemian Gymnastic Association, he competed in the 1920

1920 Summer Olympics

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, 1924

1924 Summer Olympics

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, and 1928 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics

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.; in 1924 he received a gold medal in Vault. In 1922 and 1924 he won the Amateur Athletic Union

Amateur Athletic Union

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national gymnastics title. In 1959 he was one of the initial inductees to the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.