Josef Stalder

Josef Stalder
Country represented	Switzerland
Born	6 February 1919
Died	2 March 1991(1991-03-02) (aged 72)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Olympic Games 1948 London Horizontal bar 1948 London Team 1952 Helsinki Horizontal bar 1952 Helsinki Team 1948 London Parallel bars 1952 Helsinki All-round, individual 1952 Helsinki Parallel bar

Josef Stalder (6 February 1919 – 2 March 1991) was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received a gold medal on the horizontal bar, a silver medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal on the parallel bars.^[1] He also won four medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

He was the originator and namesake of stalder circles, now a common skill on both the horizontal bar and the uneven bars.

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Awards
Preceded by Hugo Koblet	Swiss Sportspersonality of the year 1952	Succeeded by Alfred Bickel