Josef Stalder
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| Born | 6 February 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 March 1991(1991-03-02) (aged 72) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Josef Stalder (6 February 1919 – 2 March 1991) was a Swissgymnast and Olympic champion.
Career
He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received a gold medal on the horizontal bar, a silver medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal on the parallel bars.[1] He also won four medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
He was the originator and namesake of stalder circles, now a common skill on both the horizontal bar and the uneven bars.
He was inducted posthumously to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2024.[2]
External links
- Josef Stalder at World Gymnastics
- Josef Stalder at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
- Josef Stalder at Olympedia
- Josef Stalder at InterSportStats