Josy Stoffel
| Joseph Stoffel | ||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Luxembourg | |||||||||||
| Born | July 27, 1928 Differdange | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Artistic Gymnastics | |||||||||||
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Josy Stoffel (born 27 July 1928) is a retired Luxembourgian gymnast. He was born in Differdange.[1] He participated in five consecutive editions of the Summer Olympic Games (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964), but never won a medal.[1] Nonetheless, Stoffel dominated the domestic scene, and won the Luxembourgian national gymnastics championships for sixteen straight years, from 1949 until 1964.[1] In 2008 he was promoted to the rank of Chevalier in the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.[2]
Footnotes
- ^ a b c "The Exceptional Career of Josy Stoffel". Athletico Steinfort. 30 January 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
- ^ "" Promotion dans les ordres nationaux " : Les anciens " Olympiens " luxembourgeois à l'honneur". News (in French). Sports.lu. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
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