August Güttinger

August Güttinger medal table
Gymnast
Switzerland
Olympic Summer Games
gold	1924 Paris	Ingots
gold	1928 Amsterdam	Team all-around
bronze	1924 Paris	Dewing
bronze	1924 Paris	Team all-around

August Güttinger (born July 10, 1892 , † November 1970 in Winterthur ) was a Swiss gymnast and two-time Olympic champion .

As a club, Güttinger began gymnastics at TV Veltheim in Winterthur .

At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris he took part in all nine gymnastics competitions. He won the individual competition on parallel bars and came third in the rope swing . He was also victorious in the team all-around with the Swiss team.

Four years later, at the Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , he again took part in all seven men's competitions. In the team all-around competition he was able to win the gold medal again with the Swiss team. As the best individual result he achieved fifth place in the pommel horse , where the gold and silver medals went to his teammates Hermann Hänggi and Georges Miez .

Web links

• August Güttinger in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )