The Most Famous
GYMNASTS from Austria
This page contains a list of the greatest Austrian Gymnasts. The pantheon dataset contains 370 Gymnasts, 1 of which were born in Austria. This makes Austria the birth place of the 31st most number of Gymnasts behind Tajikistan, and Serbia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Austrian Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous Austrian Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Julius Lenhart (1875 - 1962)
With an HPI of 42.82, Julius Lenhart is the most famous Austrian Gymnast. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Julius Lenhart (27 November 1875 in Vienna – 10 November 1962 in Vienna) was an Austrian gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals and one silver medal, making him the most successful Austrian competitor ever at the Summer Olympic Games. He started his career in Vienna at a local gymnastics club. Due to his work as mechanical engineer he came to Germany and Switzerland, where he continued to compete in local clubs at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1903 he travelled to the United States and found work and a new gymnastics club in Philadelphia. As a member of Philadelphia Turngemeinde, Lenhart competed at the Olympic Games in St. Louis in 1904. Soon after the games he returned to Austria where he retired from gymnastics in 1908. Because athletes did not compete for their nations at early Olympic Games as they do now, some references credit Lenhart's medals to the United States, as he was representing his Philadelphia-based club, but the IOC database regards him as Austrian.
2. Bedřich Šupčík (1898 - 1957)
With an HPI of 41.57, Bedřich Šupčík is the 2nd most famous Austrian Gymnast. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Bedřich Šupčík (22 October 1898 – 11 July 1957) was a Czechoslovak gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he received a gold medal in rope climbing, and a bronze medal and in all-round individual. He received a silver medal in team combined exercises at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Austrian gymnasts born between 1875 and 1898. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Austrian gymnasts include Julius Lenhart, and Bedřich Šupčík. As of April 2024, 1 new Austrian gymnasts have been added to Pantheon including Julius Lenhart.
