Walter Lehmann (gymnast)

Walter Lehmann
Born(1919-01-13)13 January 1919
Died23 September 2017(2017-09-23) (aged 98)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1948 London All round, individual
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Horizontal bar
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Team combined exercises
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1950 Basel Team[2]
Gold medal – first place 1950 Basel All-Around
Gold medal – first place 1950 Basel Rings
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Basel Pommel horse
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Basel Vault
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Basel Horizontal bar

Walter Lehmann (13 January 1919 – 23 September 2017) was a Swiss gymnast, world champion and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he received silver medals in individual allround, horizontal bar and team combined exercises.[3][4] Additionally, he competed at the 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, helping his team to gold, becoming World All-Around Champion, winning an individual gold medal on the rings apparatus, and winning individual bronze medals on the pommel horse, vault, and horizontal bars apparatuses.

References

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  1. ^ Walter Lehmann's obituary (in German)
  2. ^ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). "125th Anniversary - The story goes on..." (PDF). FIG. p. 66.
  3. ^ "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 28, 2008)
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Walter Lehmann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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