Georges Miez

Georges Miez (2 October 1904 to 21 April 1999) was a Swiss gymnast. He competed at the Summer Olympics of 1924, 1928, 1932 and 1936, winning four gold, three silver and one bronze medal in all. He was the most successful athlete of the 1928 Games, and in 1932 he was the only medalist for Switzerland. Miez also won three medals at the 1934 World Championships. After retiring following the 1936 Games he worked as a national gymnastics coach and then as a Red Cross official, later founding private schools, writing books on sports medicine and coaching tennis. He died in Lugano at the age of 94.