Jakob "Jack" Günthard (8 January 1920 – 7 August 2016) was a Swiss artistic gymnast. He competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

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, where he won the gold medal in the horizontal bar, and the silver medal in the team combined exercises."1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Gymnastics"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 28 March 2008) Günthard died in August 2016 at the age of 96.Swiss gymnastics legend Jack Günthard dies
swissinfo.ch (8 August 2016)

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* 1920 births 2016 deaths Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Olympic gymnasts for Switzerland Olympic medalists in gymnastics Swiss male artistic gymnasts Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland European champions in gymnastics 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub