Josef Stalder

Josef Stalder (6 February 1919 – 2 March 1991) was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic champion.

Josef Stalder
Country represented Switzerland
Born6 February 1919
Died2 March 1991(1991-03-02) (aged 72)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Olympic Games
1948 London Horizontal bar
1948 London Team
1952 Helsinki Horizontal bar
1952 Helsinki Team
1948 London Parallel bars
1952 Helsinki All-round, individual
1952 Helsinki Parallel bar

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]

References
  1. "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 28 March 2008)
  2. Ivanov, Christian (May 19, 2024). "Four gymnastics legends inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame". intlgymnast.com. Retrieved May 20, 2024.


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