Ferdinand Steiner

Ferdinand Steiner
Personal information
Born(1884-05-25)25 May 1884
Tovačov, Austria-Hungary
Died19 August 1968(1968-08-19) (aged 84)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Bohemia/ Czechoslovakia
Medal record
Representing  Bohemia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1911 Turin Team
Gold medal – first place 1911 Turin All-Around
Gold medal – first place 1911 Turin Rings
Gold medal – first place 1913 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 1909 Luxembourg Team
Bronze medal – third place 1911 Turin Parallel Bars

Ferdinand Steiner (23 May 1884 – 19 August 1968) was a Czech artistic gymnast. He represented Bohemia and from 1914 Czechoslovakia.

Life

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Steiner was born on 23 May 1884 in Tovačov. He died on 19 August 1968.[1]

Career

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Steiner took part in the World Gymnastics Championships in 1909, 1911 and 1913. In 1909, he won gold in the team combined competition. In 1911, he won gold in both the team event and in the combined event, and also took gold in the rings and bronze in the horizontal bar. At this World Championships, the Bohemians dominated the team event, and took the top four places in the overall competition. At his last World Championships, in 1913, he again took gold in the team competition.

Steiner introduced an element, the inverted cross,[2] a move that is still valued as a "C"-difficulty element in the current Code of Points,[3] if not much higher, depending upon the movement from which it is entered.[4]

Since medal winners who represented Austria-Hungary came from Bohemia, these medals were later transferred to Czechoslovakia by the FIG.

After Steiner's competitive career was over, he was a very reputable trainer of his fellow Czechoslovak Sokol gymnasts.[5]: 252, 329 

References

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  1. ^ "Ferdinand Steiner". osobnosti-moravy.eu (in Czech). Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  2. ^ Gajdos, Anton; Provaznikova, Maria; Banjak, Stephen J. (June 2002). "150 Years of the Sokol Gymnastics in Czechoslovakia, Czech and Slovak Republic". Science of Gymnastics Journal. 4 (2): 24. ISSN 1855-7171. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  3. ^ Butcher, Steve; Huang, Liping; Tomita, Hiroyuki (January 2018). "2017 Code of Points - Men's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). gymnastics.sport. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ^ Butcher, Steve; Huang, Liping; Tomita, Hiroyuki (January 2018). "2017 Code of Points - Men's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). gymnastics.sport. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. ^ Dusek, Peter Paul Jr. (1981). Marie Provaznik: Her Life and Contributions to Physical Education. University of Utah.