Louis Zutter

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Olympic medal record
Men's Artistic Gymnastics
Gold 1896 Athens Pommel horse
Silver 1896 Athens Vault
Silver 1896 Athens Parallel bars

Jules Alexis Louis Zutter (2 December 1856 in Neuchâtel10 November 1946) was a Swiss gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Zutter won one of the events, the pommel horse. He was also the runner-up in two more events, the vault and the parallel bars. In addition, he competed in the horizontal bar event, but without success.

[edit] References

  • Mallon, Bill; & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9.  (Excerpt available at [1])
Olympic champions in men's pommel horse
1896: Louis Zutter | 1904: Anton Heida | 1924: Josef Wilhelm | 1928: Hermann Hänggi | 1932: István Pelle | 1936: Konrad Frey | 1948: Paavo Aaltonen-Veikko Huhtanen-Heikki Savolainen | 1952: Viktor Chukarin | 1956: Boris Shakhlin | 1960:Boris Shakhlin-Eugen Ekman | 1964: Miroslav Cerar | 1968: Miroslav Cerar | 1972: Viktor Klimenko | 1976: Zoltán Magyar | 1980: Zoltán Magyar | 1984: Li Ning-Peter Glen Vidmar | 1988: Zsolt Borkai-Dmitry Bilozerchev-Lubomir Geraskov | 1992: Vitaly Scherbo-Gil-Su Pae | 1996: Donghua Li | 2000: Marius Daniel Urzică | 2004: Haibin Teng