Gustav Flatow

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Olympic medalist
Gustav Flatow
Medal record
Men's Artistic Gymnastics
Gold	1896 Athens	Team parallel bars
Gold	1896 Athens	Team horizontal bar

Gustav Felix Flatow (7 January 1875–29 January 1945) was a German gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Gustav Flatow was born in Berent, Westprussia, Germany in 1875 and in 1892 moved to Berlin.

Flatow competed in the parallel bars, horizontal bar, vault, pommel horse, and rings individual events. He won no medals, unlike his cousin and teammate Alfred Flatow. However, both were members of the German team that competed in the two team events, for parallel bars and the horizontal bar. As Germany won both those events (the horizontal bar unchallenged), Gustav earned two gold medals.

Both Flatow and his cousin were victims of the Holocaust at Theresienstadt.