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 (born December 2, 1856 in Neuchâtel – died November 10, 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.

He lived in Peseux and was a member of the gymnastics club La Société des Amis gymnastes de Neuchâtel. But he travelled to Athens as private person to participated at the Olympics.

[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])