Josef Stalder
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1948 London | Horizontal bar}}
{{MedalSilver| 1948 London | Team }}
{{MedalSilver| 1952 Helsinki | Horizontal bar}}
{{MedalSilver| 1952 Helsinki | Team }}
{{MedalBronze| 1948 London | Parallel bars}}
{{MedalBronze| 1952 Helsinki | All-round, individual}}
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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.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=12&sp=GYM "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Gymnastics"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827053732/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=12&sp=GYM |date=2007-08-27 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 28 March 2008) 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/main/four-gymnastics-legends-inducted-into-the-international-gymnastics-hall-of-fame/ |title=Four gymnastics legends inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame |last=Ivanov |first=Christian |date=May 19, 2024 |website=intlgymnast.com |access-date=May 20, 2024}}
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Category:Swiss male artistic gymnasts
Category:Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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Category:Olympic gymnasts for Switzerland
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Category:Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics
Category:Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Category:Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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