Leon Štukelj

Leon Štukelj, born on 12 November 1898 and died on 8 November 1999, was a Slovene gymnast and Olympic gold medalist who represented Yugoslavia at the Olympics. He is a noted figure in Slovenian sporting history and one of the first Slovene athletes to rise to the very top of his sport, where he remained from the 1922 World Championships in Ljubljana to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, when he ended his competitive career. He competed at seven major international competitions and won twenty medals, eight gold, six silver and six bronze, six of them at the Olympic Games.