Johan Leopold Stumpf (19 May 1880 – 24 August 1944) was a

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, Norway. He was the son of Ladislav Leopold Stumpf (1856-1944) and Amalie Gudine Olausdatter (1851-1927). He competed as a member of the Kristiansands Turnforening gymnastics club. In 1906, he won the gold medal as a member of the Norwegian gymnastics team in the Gymnastics Team Combined Exercises at the Intercalated Olympic Games. He later emigrated to

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1880 births 1944 deaths Sportspeople from Kristiansand Norwegian male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Norway Gymnasts at the 1906 Intercalated Games Olympic gold medalists for Norway Norwegian emigrants to the United States Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub