Jack Günthard

{{short description|Swiss gymnast}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1952 Helsinki | Horizontal bar}}

{{MedalSilver| 1952 Helsinki | Team combined exercises}}

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Jakob "Jack" Günthard (8 January 1920 – 7 August 2016) was a Swiss artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he won the gold medal in the horizontal bar, and the silver medal in the team combined exercises.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=13&sp=GYM "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Gymnastics"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930080635/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=13&sp=GYM |date=30 September 2007 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 28 March 2008) Günthard died in August 2016 at the age of 96.[http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/96-years-old_swiss-gymnastics-legend-jack-guenthard-dies/42359760 Swiss gymnastics legend Jack Günthard dies]. swissinfo.ch (8 August 2016)