Jakob Kiefer (3 December 1919 – 18 January 1991) was a German gymnast. He competed at the

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and

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in fourth and fifth place with the German team, respectively. Individually his best achievement was seventh place on the vault in 1956.Jakob Kiefer
. sports-reference.com During his career he won 12 national titles, on the parallel bars (1950, 1954), pommel horse (1950, 1951 and 1954), rings (1950), vault (1950, 1954), horizontal bar (1950), floor (1950) and allround (1950, 1951).
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* 1919 births 1991 deaths German male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for West Germany West German male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for the United Team of Germany Sportspeople from Bad Kreuznach Gymnasts from Rhineland-Palatinate 20th-century German sportsmen Sportspeople from the Rhine Province {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub