1979 FIG Artistic World Championships — opens
Runs Dec 2 – 9 in Fort Worth.
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Dec 2
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Robert Pražák — born 1892
Pražák competed for Czechoslovakia in men's artistic gymnastics, 1920–1924. Three Olympic medals across two Games.
Pražák's career →Louis Zutter — born 1865
Zutter competed for Switzerland in men's artistic gymnastics, 1896. Three Olympic medals at one Games, one of them gold.
Zutter's career →Yekaterina Kalinchuk — born 1922
Kalinchuk competed for the Soviet Union in women's artistic gymnastics, 1952. Three Olympic medals at one Games, two of them gold.
Kalinchuk's career →Uladzislau Hancharou — born 1995
Hancharou competed for Belarus in trampoline, 2014–2020. One Olympic gold across two Games.
Hancharou's career →Harald Færstad — born 1889
Færstad competed for Norway in men's artistic gymnastics, 1920. One Olympic medal.
Færstad's career →Edgar Jorek — born 1955
Competed for West Germany, 1976.
Jorek's career →Meinrad Berchtold — born 1943
Competed for Switzerland, 1968.
Berchtold's career →Carl Manicus-Hansen — born 1877
Men's artistic gymnastics for Denmark, 1906.