100-Year-Old Olympic Legend Leon Å tukelj

leon06s2.jpgLeon Å tukelj, a legend in Gymnastics, …

He earned a total of 6 Olympic medals: 3 Gold, 1 Silver, and 2 Bronze. Other medals earned are 5 Gold, 3 Silver, and 3 Bronze; a total of 11 Worlds medals won. His last major competition was 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.

Å tukelj, aged 97, was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997.

… he lived to be a century old and died just 4 days short of his 101st birthday.

Leon Å tukelj was able to hold on to the title of having been the oldest living Olympic gold medalist for about 10 years, though.

Remarkable.

More detail with links – Leon Å tukelj, the 100-Year-Old Olympic Legend

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