Edwin T. Gross (September 19, 1916 – January 14, 1989) was an American

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

and

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medalist. He competed at the

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in Los Angeles where he received a silver medal in tumbling. Gross died in

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, Washington.

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* * * 1916 births 1985 deaths American male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in gymnastics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics 20th-century American people {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub