He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and was the 1932 Olympic bronze medalist in Los Angeles.

For Indian Clubs, selections included Kuhlemeier with Roth, and Erenberg, the two other medalists, as well as four other competitors.

At the tryout, Kuhlemeir was associated with the Los Angeles Tuverein Germania Club, which had a long history in Los Angeles catering to a growing German immigrant population and by 1900 featured gymnasts, singers, actors, fencers, marksmen, and costume balls.

[2] In the early 1900s and prior, the Indian Club was a common element in German American gymnastic work, an exercise tool first brought to European attention by British soldiers.

[3][4] Selected for the American Gymnastics team, he competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he received a bronze medal in clubs.