gymnastics – History of Vault

… For many decades there was no separate vaulting horse, the pommel horse was simply turned around and gymnasts vaulted over it lengthwise. The pommels were unscrewed and wooden poles inserted into the holes to avoid any injuries to the fingers when gymnasts pushed off the horse.

Berlin native Carl Schuhmann, the most successful German Olympian in Athens 1896, vaulted over that kind of apparatus…

photo – Berlin’s Olympic Champion Carl Schuhmann

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Each Wednesday we are linking to a different apparatus posted on GymMEDIA – Apparatus HISTORY. (English and German)