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Ferdinand Steiner (23 May 1884 – 19 August 1968) was a Czech artistic gymnast. He represented Bohemia and from 1914 Czechoslovakia.
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| Country represented |  Bohemia/ Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 May 1884 Tovačov, Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 August 1968 (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life
editSteiner was born on 23 May 1884 in Tovačov. He died on 19 August 1968.[1]
Career
editSteiner took part in the World Gymnastics Championships in 1909, 1911 and 1913. In 1909, he won gold in the team combined competition. In 1911, he won gold in both the team event and in the combined event, and also took gold in the rings and bronze in the horizontal bar. At this World Championships, the Bohemians dominated the team event, and took the top four places in the overall competition. At his last World Championships, in 1913, he again took gold in the team competition.
Steiner introduced an element, the inverted cross,[2] a move that is still valued as a "C"-difficulty element in the current Code of Points,[3] if not much higher, depending upon the movement from which it is entered.[4]
Since medal winners who represented Austria-Hungary came from Bohemia, these medals were later transferred to Czechoslovakia by the FIG.
After Steiner's competitive career was over, he was a very reputable trainer of his fellow Czechoslovak Sokol gymnasts.[5]: 252, 329
References
edit- ^ "Ferdinand Steiner". osobnosti-moravy.eu (in Czech). Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ Gajdos, Anton; Provaznikova, Maria; Banjak, Stephen J. (June 2002). "150 Years of the Sokol Gymnastics in Czechoslovakia, Czech and Slovak Republic". Science of Gymnastics Journal. 4 (2): 24. ISSN 1855-7171. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ Butcher, Steve; Huang, Liping; Tomita, Hiroyuki (January 2018). "2017 Code of Points - Men's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). gymnastics.sport. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Butcher, Steve; Huang, Liping; Tomita, Hiroyuki (January 2018). "2017 Code of Points - Men's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). gymnastics.sport. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Dusek, Peter Paul Jr. (1981). Marie Provaznik: Her Life and Contributions to Physical Education. University of Utah.