Bo Wirhed

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Bo Wirhed
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NationalitySwedish
Born (1935-11-11) 11 November 1935 (age 83)
Hedemora, Sweden
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Sport Gymnastics

Bo Wirhed (born 11 November 1935) is a Swedish gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. [1]

Gymnastics is a sport that includes exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups. Alertness, precision, daring, self-confidence, and self-discipline are mental traits that can also be developed through gymnastics. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills.

At the 1960 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome from September 5 through 10th.

1960 Summer Olympics Games of the XVII Olympiad, celebrated in Rome in 1960

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Bo Wirhed Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved 30 July 2019.