Julius Lenhart (27 November 1875 in

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– 10 November 1962 in

) was an

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gymnast Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

who competed in the

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. He won two gold medals and one silver medal, making him the most successful Austrian competitor ever at the

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. He started his career in Vienna at a local gymnastics club. Due to his work as mechanical engineer he came to Germany and Switzerland, where he continued to compete in local clubs at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1903 he travelled to the United States and found work and a new gymnastics club in

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. As a member of Philadelphia Turngemeinde, Lenhart competed at the Olympic Games in

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in 1904. Soon after the games he returned to Austria where he retired from gymnastics in 1908. Because athletes did not compete for their nations at early Olympic Games as they do now, some references credit Lenhart's medals to the United States, as he was representing his Philadelphia-based club, but the IOC database regards him as Austrian.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lenhart, Julius 1875 births 1962 deaths Gymnasts from Vienna Austrian male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in gymnastics Olympic gymnasts for Austria Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics 20th-century Austrian people Sportspeople from Austria-Hungary