Louis Zutter ( German: Louis Zutter ; December 2, 1865 , Le Pont de Martel , Switzerland - November 10, 1946 , Budri ) - Swiss gymnast , champion of the 1896 Summer Olympics and the first champion from Switzerland.
| Louis Zutter | |
|---|---|
| personal information | |
| Floor | male |
| A country |  Switzerland |
| Specialization | |
| Club | La Société des Amis gymnastes de Neuchâtel |
| Date of Birth | December 2, 1865 |
| Place of Birth | Le Pont de Martel , Switzerland |
| Date of death | November 10, 1946 (80 years old) |
| Place of death | Budri , Switzerland |
Sports Biography
Luis Zutter became one of two representatives of Switzerland at the first ever Summer Olympic Games . Zutter competed in horse riding, vaulting , parallel bars and the crossbar . The best result for the Swiss at the Games was a performance on the horse, where he became the champion. In exercises in the vault and on parallel bars, he took second place, losing first to the German Karl Schumann , and then to German Weingertner . On the crossbar, he did not take a prize.
He became the only Swiss athlete to win a medal, and thanks to him alone, Switzerland took tenth place in the unofficial medal standings.
Links
- Louis Zutter - Olympic stats on Sports-Reference.com