Josef Stalder (6 February 1919 – 2 March 1991) was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic champion.
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Born | 6 February 1919 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 March 1991(1991-03-02) (aged 72) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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Swiss Sportspersonality of the year 1952 |
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World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Floor Exercise | |
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World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Pommel Horse | |
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