Walter Steffens (gymnast), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Walter Steffens (gymnast)

gymnast

Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1908

Place of Birth: Barnstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 23-Aug-2006

Profession: artistic gymnast

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Walter Steffens (gymnast)

  • Walter Johan Heinrich Steffens (26 December 1908 - 23 August 2006) was a German gymnast who won an Olympic gold medal. 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.

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