Günter Lyhs
| Günter Lyhs | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 April 1934 Sulimmen, Gau East Prussia, Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 December 2025 (aged 91) Kierspe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Country represented |  West Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Gym | Turnverein Jahn Kierspe 1904 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Günter Lyhs (20 April 1934 – 17 December 2025) was a German gymnast. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics 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.[1]
Lyhs died on 17 December 2025, at the age of 91.[2]
References
- ↑ "Günter Lyhs". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ↑ "Günter Lyhs" (death notice). trauer.nrw, 24 December 2025 (in German). Retrieved 29 December 2025.
External links
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2025 deaths
- People from Giżycko County
- Sportspeople from East Prussia
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- West 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
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- 20th-century German sportsmen
- 21st-century German people
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- Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf
- German artistic gymnastics Olympic medalist stubs