Josef Walter | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 1 December 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | July, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Josef Walter (1 December 1901 – July 1973[2]) was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin where he received a silver medal in floor exercise.[3] He was among the non-scoring members of the Swiss team that won silver medals in the team all-around event at the 1936 Olympics. (Teams had eight members, and the six best scores counted in the team competition).[4] Additionally, he competed at the 1934 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where he helped his Swiss team to the gold medal, also winning individual silver on the parallel bars apparatus.