Josef Stalder
Born	6 February 1919
Died	2 March 1991(1991-03-02) (aged 72)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Switzerland
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-around 1952 Helsinki Parallel bars World Championships 1950 Basel Team 1950 Basel Floor exercise 1950 Basel Pommel horse 1954 Rome Pommel horse 1954 Rome Parallel bars 1950 Basel Horizontal bar 1954 Rome Team

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

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

External links

• Josef Stalder at World Gymnastics
• Josef Stalder at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
• Josef Stalder at Olympedia
• Josef Stalder at InterSportStats

Awards
Preceded by Hugo Koblet	Swiss Sportspersonality of the year 1952	Succeeded by Alfred Bickel

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