Leon Stukelj

ABOUT LEON STUKELJ

Yugoslav gymnast who won three Olympic gold medals, winning the all-around, horizontal bar, and rings events.

He competed in his first Olympics in 1924 where he took gold in the horizontal bar and all around gymnastics events.

He turned 100 years old in 1998 and his birthday was a major celebration in Slovenia.

He was married to his wife Lidija for 65 years and the couple had two children.

He won three medals in the 1928 Olympics where swimmer Johnny Weissmuller took home two gold medals.