Max Philip Emmerich (June 1, 1879 – June 29, 1956) was an American track and field athlete and

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who competed in the

1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 1 July to 23 November 1904. Many events were conducted ...

. He was born and died in

Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis ( ), colloquially known as Indy, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Indiana, most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana, Marion ...

. In 1904 he won the gold medal in the athletics' triathlon event. He also was 67th in gymnastics' all-around event, 100th in gymnastics' triathlon event and did not finish the first event in athletics all-around competition.

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1879 births 1956 deaths American male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1904 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for the United States Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics American male triathletes Track and field athletes from Indianapolis Gymnasts from Indiana 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub