Josef Stalder
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Josef Stalder | |
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— Gymnast — | |
Country represented | Switzerland |
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics |
Josef Stalder (born 6 February 1919 - 2 March 1991) was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he received a gold medal in horizontal bar, a silver medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in parallel bars.[1] He received four medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in London. He also was the originator and name giver of the stalder circles, nowadays a very common skills on both the high and the uneven bars.
References
- ↑ "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 28 March 2008)
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Preceded by | Swiss Sportspersonality of the year 1952 |
Succeeded by Alfred Bickel |
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- 1919 births
- 1991 deaths
- Swiss male artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic gymnasts of Switzerland
- Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
- Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
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