Ernst Gebendinger

{{short description|Swiss gymnast}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|12|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Winterthur, Switzerland

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| death_place = Winterthur, Switzerland

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{{MedalSport|Men's gymnastics}}

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{{MedalSilver|1952 Helsinki | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1950 Basel|Team{{cite web |author=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |title=125th Anniversary - The story goes on... |URL=https://www.fig-docs.com/website/highlights/The_story_goes_on_150dpi.pdf |publisher=FIG |date=2005 |page=66 }} }}

{{MedalGold|1950 Basel|Floor}}

{{MedalGold|1950 Basel|Vault}}

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Ernst Gebendinger (10 February 1926 – 23 May 2017){{cite news |title=Traueranzeigen |work=Der Landbote |date=2017-05-31 |page=16 |language=de}} was a Swiss gymnast. At the 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Basel he won three gold medals: In Floor exercise (together with Josef Stalder), Vault and with the Swiss team. He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/ernst-gebendinger-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418015213/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/ernst-gebendinger-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=30 June 2012}} After an accident 1954 he had to end his career.