1956 Melbourne Olympic artistic gymnastics — Day 2
Hosted in Melbourne.
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Dec 4
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Alfred Messenger — born 1887
Messenger competed for Great Britain in men's artistic gymnastics, 1912. One Olympic medal.
Messenger's career →Annie van der Vegt — born 1903
Vegt competed for the Netherlands in women's artistic gymnastics, 1928. One Olympic gold.
Vegt's career →Birger Sörvik — born 1879
Sörvik competed for Sweden in men's artistic gymnastics, 1908. One Olympic gold.
Sörvik's career →Gabriella Mészáros — born 1912
Mészáros competed for Hungary in women's artistic gymnastics, 1936. One Olympic medal.
Mészáros's career →Per Bertilsson — born 1892
Bertilsson competed for Sweden in men's artistic gymnastics, 1912. One Olympic gold.
Bertilsson's career →Alec Wales — born 1916
Competed for Great Britain, 1948–1952.
Wales's career →Aleksey Dmitriyenko — born 1976
Competed for Kazakhstan, 1996.
Dmitriyenko's career →Georges Donnet — born 1888
Competed for France, 1908.
Donnet's career →Karen Kennedy — born 1966
Competed for Great Britain, 1988.
Kennedy's career →Park Ji-Suk — born 1972
Competed for South Korea, 1988.
Ji-Suk's career →Ryszard Kucjas — born 1922
Competed for Poland, 1952.
Kucjas's career →Valentin Peffer — born 1880
Competed for Luxembourg, 1912.
Peffer's career →Yamilet Pena Abreu — born 1992
Competed for Dominican Republic, 2012–2019.
Abreu's career →Yelena Volchetskaya — born 1943
Competed for the Soviet Union, 1964.
Volchetskaya's career →