Louis Zutter

Jules Alexis "Louis" Zutter (2 December 1865 – 10 November 1946) was a Swiss gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1]

Louis Zutter
Full nameJules Alexis Zutter
Country represented  Switzerland
Born(1865-12-12)12 December 1865
Les Ponts-de-Martel, Switzerland
Died10 November 1946(1946-11-10) (aged 80)
Boudry, Switzerland
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Representing   Switzerland
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place1896 AthensPommel horse
Silver medal – second place1896 AthensVault
Silver medal – second place1896 AthensParallel bars

Zutter won one of the events, the pommel horse. He was also the runner-up in two more events, the vault and the parallel bars. In addition, he competed in the horizontal bar event, but without success.

He was born in Les Ponts-de-Martel and lived in Peseux, where he was a member of the gymnastics club La Société des Amis gymnastes de Neuchâtel. In 1893 his father was hired as a trainer in Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos and Louis became a member of the club. After his success in the 1896 Olympics, he was honoured in Patras with the Greek athletes by the city. The Zutter family left Greece due to the Greco-Turkish War (1897).

References
  1. "Louis Zutter". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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