Josef Stalder

Josef Stalder
— Gymnast —
Country represented	Switzerland
Born	6 February 1919
Died	2 March 1991(1991-03-02) (aged 72)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Olympic Games 1948 London Horizontal bar 1948 London Team 1952 Helsinki Horizontal bar 1952 Helsinki Team 1948 London Parallel bars 1952 Helsinki All-round, individual 1952 Helsinki Parallel bar

Josef Stalder (6 February 1919 - 2 March 1991) was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he received a gold medal in horizontal bar, a silver medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in parallel bars.^[1] He received four medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in London. He also was the originator and name giver of the stalder circles, nowadays a very common skills on both the high and the uneven bars.

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Awards
Preceded by Hugo Koblet	Swiss Sportspersonality of the year 1952	Succeeded by Alfred Bickel