About Ernst Gebendinger
Ernst Gebendinger, 91, Swiss gymnast, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
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|Ernst Gebendinger (10 February 1926 – 23 May 2017) was a Swiss gymnast. At the 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Basel he won three gold medals: In Floor exercise (together with Josef Stalder), Vault and with the Swiss team. He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. After an accident 1954 he had to end his career.
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