| Walter Bach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 December 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walter Bach (born 10 December 1909, date of death unknown) was a Swiss artistic gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. [2] Additionally, he competed at the 1934 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where he helped his Swiss team to gold and individually took a bronze medal on the parallel bars apparatus.
The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Saarland was founded in the spring of 1950 in the Saar Protectorate, which existed from 1947 to 1956, a region of Western Germany that was occupied in 1945 by France. As a separate team, Saar took part in its sole Olympic Games at the 1952 Summer Olympics before being allowed to rejoin the German team in 1956. Thirty-six competitors, 31 men and five women, took part in 32 events in nine sports.
Björn Bach is a German canoe sprinter who competed from 1997 to 2006. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silver medals in the K-4 1000 m.
Walter Tresch is a former Swiss alpine skier. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics. Tresch is the owner of a sole proprietorship for trading in wine and sporting goods. A sports promotion foundation in Silenen is named after him.
Switzerland competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 77 competitors, all men, took part in 45 events in 13 sports.
Switzerland competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 190 competitors, 184 men and 6 women, took part in 100 events in 21 sports.
Switzerland competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 186 competitors, 178 men and 8 women, took part in 98 events in 19 sports.
Julius Lenhart was an Austrian gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals and one silver medal, making him the most successful Austrian competitor ever at the Summer Olympic Games.
Hans Walter was a Swiss rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Émile Henri Lachapelle was a Swiss rowing coxswain and sailor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Hermann Hänggi was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics, where he won two gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal. Additionally, he competed at the 1931 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where he won an individual gold medal on the vault apparatus.
Walter Lehmann was a Swiss gymnast, world champion and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he received silver medals in individual allround, horizontal bar and team combined exercises. Additionally, he competed at the 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, helping his team to gold, becoming World All-Around Champion, winning an individual gold medal on the rings apparatus, and winning individual bronze medals on the pommel horse, vault, and horizontal bars apparatuses.
Josef Walter was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin where he received a silver medal in floor exercise. He was among the non-scoring members of the Swiss team that won silver medals in the team all-around event at the 1936 Olympics.. Additionally, he competed at the 1934 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where he helped his Swiss team to the gold medal, also winning individual silver on the parallel bars apparatus.
Thomas Bach is a German lawyer, former foil fencer, and Olympic gold medalist. He has served as the ninth and current president of the International Olympic Committee since 2013, the first-ever Olympic champion to be elected to that position. Bach is also a former German individual foil champion, and former member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation's executive board.
Othmar Bach was a Swiss canoeist who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he and his partner Werner Zimmermann finished sixth in the K-2 10000 metres competition.
Denis Oswald is a Swiss rower and sports official. He competed in the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Summer Olympics. He is the immediate past-president of the World Rowing Federation (1989–2014).
The men's coxed four event was part of the rowing programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition, the fourth appearance of the event, was held from 13 to 17 July 1924 on the river Seine. There were 10 boats from 10 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by Switzerland, the nation's second consecutive victory in the event; the two Swiss victories matched Germany for most among nations to that point. France earned its first medal in the event since 1900 with silver. The United States reached the podium for the second straight Games with a bronze medal. Hans Walter, a member of the Swiss crew in 1920 as well as this year, was the first man to win two medals in the event, and the only one to win two golds.
Eduard Steinemann was a Swiss gymnast who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Additionally, he competed at the 1934 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where he helped his team to the gold medal and won individual silver medals on both pommel horse and vault.
Ernst Gebendinger was a Swiss gymnast. At the 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Basel he won three gold medals: In Floor exercise, Vault and with the Swiss team. He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. After an accident 1954 he had to end his career.
Walter Loosli (1901–?) was a Swiss coxswain. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris with the men's coxed four. In the official Olympic record and the FISA database, he coxed all three races. According to the Sports Reference database, Loosli coxed the first heat and the repechage only and was replaced in the final by Émile Lachapelle. The Swiss team won the final.
Walter Beck was a Swiss gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Additionally, he competed at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where he helped his Swiss team to silver, and won an individual silver medal on the vault apparatus and an individual bronze medal on the horizontal bar apparatus.
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