Jakob Kiefer
Jakob Kiefer (born December 3, 1919 in Bad Kreuznach , † January 18, 1991 ibid) was a German gymnast .
He was multiple German champion and took part in the Olympic Games in 1952 and 1956 .
life and career
He joined VfL 1848 Bad Kreuznach at the age of 10. In 1938 Kiefer was already the German youth champion in apparatus gymnastics, in 1947 second German artistic gymnastics champion and in 1948 third in the Olympic twelve-fight and Hessian champion.
In 1949 Kiefer returned to VfL Bad Kreuznach, which he had left after the end of the war due to the ban on gymnastics in the French zone. He became a co-founder of the Middle Rhine Gymnastics Association. In 1950 he won six German championship titles at the German championships; 1951 the German championship title in the gymnastics twelve fight and on the pommel horse. Other highlights of his career were the participation in the Olympic Games in Helsinki and Melbourne, after which he ended his career as a competitive athlete. Afterwards he worked as an instructor and gymnastics supervisor in the regional gymnastics association Middle Rhine and as a trainer at VfL Bad Kreuznach.
Kiefer worked full-time as a caretaker and museum guide in the Schlossparkmuseum and also in the Bad Kreuznach city archive. The school sports and multi-purpose hall at the secondary school at the Römerkastell in Bad Kreuznach has been named after him since 1999.
Awards and honors
- 1951 - Silver bay leaf
- 1952 - Silver badge of honor from the Rhineland Sports Association
- Honorary member of the Turngau Nahetal and the Middle Rhine Gymnastics Association
Individual evidence
- Naheland calendar. - 1991, p. 144.
- Naheland calendar. - 1992, p. 153.
Web links
- Jakob Kiefer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kiefer, Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gymnast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Kreuznach |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1991 |
| Place of death | Bad Kreuznach |