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The oldest living Olympic winner Leon ©tukelj became the second member of the New York Athletic Club and along with the American athlete Jessie Owens his picture is exhibited in the New York Hall of Fame.
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©TUKELJ, LEON (1898)
Leon ©tukelj, a legend of world sport, is written down in the annals of
Slovene sporting history as the most successful competitor at major international
tournaments such as the World Championships and the Olympic Games.
He was born in Novo mesto on 12 November 1898. His first serious encounter
with gymnastics took place in 1907. In total he won twenty medals at seven
world championships; 8 gold medals, 6 silvers and 6 bronzes. In the Olympic
Games he won six medals; two gold medals in Paris in 1924, one gold and
two bronze medals in Amsterdam in 1928 and for the end of his career one
silver medal in Berlin in 1936. These achievements and medals make him
the most successful Slovene gymnast and sportsman of all times, and one
of the greatest gymnasts in the world. However, he is also the oldest
living holder of an Olympic gold medal in the world.
Leon ©tukelj, pride of the Slovene nation and a world phenomenon of our times, role model for a sporting and healthy life, achieved all his fantastic successes as an amateur sportsman in the true sense of the word. He lived for and with gymnastics, and was rewarded with medals alone. Leon ©tukelj personifies the idea of Olympianism in the noblest sense of the word, for he preserves the genuine image of gymnastics by nobly intertwining the spirit and the body. He remains a model for the young and the entire sport as a man of incredible will, persistence, patience and endurance, and a man of witty and intelligent character.
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