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Leon Štukelj (
November 12 1898 –
November 8 1999) was a
Yugoslav gymnast of
Slovene ethnicity,
Olympic gold medalist and
athlete.
Štukelj was born in
Novo mesto,
Austria-Hungary (now
Slovenia). He is a noted figure in the annals of Slovenian sporting history. Štukelj is one of the few Slovene athletes to have risen to the very top of his
sport, where he remained right from the World Championships in
Ljubljana in 1922 all the way to the
1936 Olympic Games in
Berlin, at which he rounded off his competitive gymnastics career.
Štukelj competed at seven major international competitions and captured a total of twenty medals: eight gold, six silver and six bronze. At the Olympic Games alone he won six
medals: two gold medals (counted for
Yugoslavia) in
Paris in 1924, one gold medal and two bronze in
Amsterdam in 1928, and a silver medal in Berlin in 1936, with which he concluded his career.
In 1927 he completed the study of
law. After finishing his sports career he worked as a
judge, first in his hometown Novo mesto. Later he moved to
Lenart, and then to
Maribor, where he lived until his death.
Štukelj was presented at the opening ceremony of the
Games of the XXVI Olympiad in
Atlanta in 1996 as one of the oldest living Olympic gold medalists, where he shook hands with the
President of the
United States Bill Clinton. He also presented the medals to winners in the men's team competition, delighting both the crowd and the athletes.
In 1997 Štukelj was inducted into the
International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. His 100th birthday in 1998 was a major celebration in his home country. Štukelj still exercised regularly until even just before his death, only 4 days short of his 101st birthday.
Today a sports hall (mainly used by a local
basketball team) in Novo mesto is named after him.
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