He was born in Barnstorf, the son of a family of craftsmen. In the 1930s, he was one of the best in the world on the pommel horse. In the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin he won a gold medal as part of the German team, along with Alfred Schwarzmann and others. He was a sports instructor at the Hamm Gymnasium and at the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Realschule in Bergkamen.
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walter, steffens, gymnast, walter, johan, heinrich, steffens, december, 1908, august, 2006, german, gymnast, olympic, gold, medal, walter, steffens, medal, recordmen, gymnasticsrepresenting, germanyolympic, games1936, berlin, teamhe, born, barnstorf, family, c. Walter Johan Heinrich Steffens 26 December 1908 23 August 2006 was a German gymnast who won an Olympic gold medal Walter Steffens Medal recordMen s gymnasticsRepresenting GermanyOlympic Games1936 Berlin TeamHe was born in Barnstorf the son of a family of craftsmen In the 1930s he was one of the best in the world on the pommel horse In the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin he won a gold medal as part of the German team along with Alfred Schwarzmann and others He was a sports instructor at the Hamm Gymnasium and at the Freiherr vom Stein Realschule in Bergkamen External links editPage at SportsReference com Article on GYMmedia de nbsp This biographical article related to German artistic gymnastics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Walter Steffens gymnast amp oldid 1163681825, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
