Jakob Kiefer

Jakob Kiefer

Jakob Kiefer (right) in 1951
Personal information
Born (1919-12-03)3 December 1919
Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Died 18 January 1991(1991-01-18) (aged 71)
Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Sport
Sport Artistic gymnastics
Club Bad Kreuznach

Jakob Kiefer (3 December 1919 – 18 January 1991) was a German gymnast. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in fourth and fifth place with the German team, respectively. Individually his best achievement was seventh place on the vault in 1956.[1]

During his career he won 12 national titles, on the parallel bars (1950, 1954), pommel horse (1950, 1951 and 1954), rings (1950), vault (1950, 1954), horizontal bar (1950), floor (1950) and allround (1950, 1951).[2]

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