Edvard Antosiewicz (24 December 1902 – 4 January 1961) was a Slovenian

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, competing for

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. Antosiewicz was born in

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. From an early age, he was an active member of the Slovenian ''Sokol'' athletics movement. He represented Yugoslavia at the

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; he won a bronze medal with the men's all-around team, together with

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, Dragutin Ciotti,

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, Janez Porenta,

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, and

Leon Štukelj Leon Štukelj (; 12 November 1898 – 8 November 1999) was a Slovene professional gymnast. He was an Olympic gold medalist and athlete who represented Yugoslavia at the Olympics. He is a noted figure in Slovenian sporting history. Štukelj is ...

. In addition, he competed individually in all the men's disciplines. He finished 26th in individual all-around, 21st in horse vault, 38th in

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, 36th in

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, 11th in rings, and 36th in

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. In the years following, Antosiewicz participated at the

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, where he won 3rd place with the Yugoslavia team and finished 15th in individual all-around. Antosiewicz's colleague Anton Malej suffered a fatal injury at that competition after falling at the end of his routine on rings. Yugoslavia did not participate at the

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and also missed the

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because of political tensions with

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. Antosiewicz entered the national trials for the

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but was outperformed by younger gymnasts and did not earn a place in the national team. Nevertheless, he went to Berlin as a sport referee and was a referee at the horse vault competition. Slovenski telovadci na olimpijskem stadionu v Amsterdamu

Slovenski telovadci na olimpijskem stadionu v Amsterdamu

During the

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, Antosiewicz remained active in the Sokol movement. In the last years of the war, he was imprisoned in Ljubljana and then sent to

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. At the end of the war, he was rescued by American forces. After having recovered, he lived and worked in

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, and

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. In Trieste, his daughter met and married an American doctor and moved with him to

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. Antosiewicz followed them with his wife and son Andre in 1949. He died in

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, in 1961 and is buried in Jonesboro.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Antosiewicz, Edvard 1902 births 1961 deaths Gymnasts from Ljubljana Slovenian male artistic gymnasts Yugoslav male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in gymnastics Olympic bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Gymnasts at the 1928 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Yugoslav emigrants to the United States