Michael Reusch

Michael Reusch
Personal information
Country represented Switzerland
Born(1914-02-03)3 February 1914
Died6 April 1989(1989-04-06) (aged 75)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1948 London Parallel bars
Silver medal – second place 1936 Berlin Parallel bars
Silver medal – second place 1936 Berlin Team combined exercises
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Rings
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Team combined exercises
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1938 Prague Pommel horse[1]
Gold medal – first place 1938 Prague Parallel bars
Gold medal – first place 1938 Prague Horizontal bar
Silver medal – second place 1938 Prague Team
Silver medal – second place 1938 Prague Rings

Michael Reusch (3 February 1914 – 6 April 1989) was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he received silver medals in parallel bars and team combined exercises. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London he received a gold medal in parallel bars, and silver medals in rings and team combined exercises.[2] Additionally, he competed at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where he helped his Swiss team to the silver medal, won individual gold medals on the pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bars apparatuses, and a individual silver medal on the rings apparatus.

References

  1. ^ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). "125th Anniversary - The story goes on..." (PDF). FIG. p. 65.
  2. ^ "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 28, 2008)

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