Jakob Kiefer

Jakob Kiefer was a German gymnast, born on 3 December 1919 and died on 18 January 1991. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics in all of the artistic gymnastics events, finishing fourth with the German team in 1952 and fifth in 1956. His best individual result at the Games was seventh place on the vault in 1956. Across his career he won twelve national titles: on the parallel bars in 1950 and 1954, on the pommel horse in 1950, 1951 and 1954, on the rings in 1950, on the vault in 1950 and 1954, on the horizontal bar and the floor in 1950, and in the all-around in 1950 and 1951.