Günter Lyhs (born 20 April 1934) is a German former

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 ...

. He competed at the

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

and

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in seventh and third place, with the German team, respectively. Individually his best achievement was 16th place on the vault in 1964.

References

1934 births Living people People from Giżycko County Sportspeople from East Prussia German male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for the United Team of Germany Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic medalists in gymnastics Sportspeople from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics 20th-century German people 21st-century German people Sportspeople from Gelsenkirchen Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub