Walter Steffens (gymnast)

{{Short description|German gymnast (1908–2006)}}

{{Infobox gymnast

| name = Walter Steffens

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| full_name = Walter Johan Heinrich Steffens

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|12|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Barnstorf, German Empire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|08|23|1908|12|26|df=yes}}

| death_place = Barnstorf, Germany

| discipline = MAG

| country = Germany

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| gym = Sportverein Barnstorf

| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport|Men's artistic gymnastics}}

{{MedalCountry|{{flag IOC|GER|1936 Summer}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1936 Berlin|Team}}

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Walter Johan Heinrich Steffens (26 December 1908 – 23 August 2006) was a German gymnast who won an Olympic gold medal.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/walter-steffens-1.html |title=Walter Steffens |website=sports-reference.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417222219/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/walter-steffens-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=24 April 2025}}

He was born in Barnstorf, the son of a family of craftsmen. In the 1930s, he was one of the best in the world on the pommel horse. In the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin he won a gold medal as part of the German team, along with Alfred Schwarzmann and others. He was a sports instructor at the Hamm Gymnasium and at the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Realschule in Bergkamen.