Walter Steffens (gymnast)

Walter Steffens
Full nameWalter Johan Heinrich Steffens
Born(1908-12-26)26 December 1908
Barnstorf, German Empire
Died23 August 2006(2006-08-23) (aged 97)
Barnstorf, Germany
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		Germany
GymSportverein Barnstorf
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1936 Berlin Team

Walter Johan Heinrich Steffens (26 December 1908 – 23 August 2006) was a German gymnast who won an Olympic gold medal.[1]

He was born in Barnstorf, the son of a family of craftsmen. In the 1930s, he was one of the best in the world on the pommel horse. In the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin he won a gold medal as part of the German team, along with Alfred Schwarzmann and others. He was a sports instructor at the Hamm Gymnasium and at the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Realschule in Bergkamen.

References

  1. ^ "Walter Steffens". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2025.


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