Josy Stoffel

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Joseph "Josy" Stoffel (born June 27, 1928 in Differdange , Luxembourg ) is a former Luxembourg gymnast . The 16-time Luxembourg all- around champion took part in five Olympic Games (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964), four world and six European championships, but was only able to win one international medal, bronze in the jump at the 1955 European championships . With five Olympic participations, Stoffel is the record holder for Luxembourg.

In 1957 and 1960 he was elected Luxembourg Sportsman of the Year , three more times he came second in the election. In 1957 he was also the Luxembourg runner-up in the pole vault.

During and after his active gymnastics, Stoffel was a coach, 1955–65 for the Belgian national team, 1965–74 as Luxembourg national coach.

His wife Yvonne Stoffel-Wagener (1931–2014) was also successful in gymnastics; she took part in the 1960 Olympic Games.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Andreas Götze: Flickflack: World stage of gymnastics . Sportverlag, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-328-00181-6 , p. 211 f . ( pdf [accessed on March 31, 2011]).
  2. ↑ David Thinnes: Anne Kremer - I don't have to torment myself. In: Tageblatt.lu . December 27, 2010 ( Anne Kremer - I don't have to torment myself. [Accessed on March 30, 2011]). Anne Kremer - I don't have to torment myself. ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tageblatt.lu
  3. ^ The Exceptional Career of Josy Stoffel . Athletico Steinfort. January 30, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
  4. ↑ Yvonne Stoffel-Wagener in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ), accessed on September 6, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Stoffel, Josy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stoffel, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Luxembourg artistic gymnast
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Differdange