Josy Stoffel

{{Short description|Luxembourgish gymnast (1928–2021)}}

{{Infobox gymnast

|name= Joseph Stoffel

|image=

|imagesize=

|caption=

|fullname=

|nickname=

|country= {{LUX}}

|formercountry=

|birth_date= {{birth date|1928|6|27|df=yes}}{{cite web|last = Gjerde|first = Arild|author2 = Jeroen Heijmans|author3 = Bill Mallon|author4 = Hilary Evans|title = Josy Stoffel Bio, Stats, and Results|work = Olympics|publisher = Sports Reference.com|date = October 2017|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/josy-stoffel-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417102917/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/josy-stoffel-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-17|access-date = 29 June 2018}}

|birth_place= Differdange

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|3|9|1928|6|27|df=y}}

|hometown=

|height=

|discipline=MAG

|level=

|natlteam=

|club=

|gym=

|collegeteam=

|headcoach=

|assistcoach=

|formercoach=

|choreographer=

|eponymousskills=

|retired=

|show-medals = yes

|medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{LUX}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|1955 Frankfurt|Vault}}

}}

Josy Stoffel (27 June 1928 – 9 March 2021) was a Luxembourgish gymnast.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wort.lu/de/sport/ehemaliges-turnass-josy-stoffel-gestorben-60478ac1de135b9236e750ff|title = Ehemaliges Turnass Josy Stoffel gestorben|date = 9 March 2021}} He was born in Differdange.{{cite web|url=http://www.athletico-steinfort.com/Site_Athletico/Divers.html |title=The Exceptional Career of Josy Stoffel |access-date=2007-08-09 |date=30 January 2007 |publisher=Athletico Steinfort |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201021/http://www.athletico-steinfort.com/Site_Athletico/Divers.html |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead }} He participated in five consecutive editions of the Summer Olympic Games (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964), but never won a medal. Nonetheless, Stoffel dominated the domestic scene, and won Luxembourg's national gymnastics championships for sixteen straight years, from 1949 until 1964. In 2008 he was promoted to the rank of Chevalier in the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.{{cite web|title = " Promotion dans les ordres nationaux " : Les anciens " Olympiens " luxembourgeois à l'honneur|work = News|publisher = Sports.lu|date = 2008-07-02|url = http://www.sport.public.lu/fr/actualites/articles/2008/07/olympiens/index.html|access-date = 2012-03-01|language=fr}}