GAJDOŠ A. SHORT HISTORICAL NOTES XX                                                                     Vol. 13 Issue 1: 142-144 
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SHORT HISTORICAL NOTES XX 
Anton Gajdoš, Bratislava, Slovakia  
 
Ph.D. Anton Gajdoš born on 1.6.1940 in Dubriniči (today Ukraine) 
lives most of his life in Bratislava (ex TCH, nowadays SVK). He 
comes from gymnastics family (his brother Pavel have world 
championship medals) and he devoted his life to gymnastics. His 
last achievement is establishment of Narodna encyklopedia športu 
Slovenska (www.sportency.sk). Among his passion is collecting 
photos and signatures of gymnasts. As we tend to forget old 
champions and important gymnasts, judges and coaches, we 
decided to publish part of his archive under title Short historical 
notes. All information on these pages is from Anton’s archives and 
collected through years.   
 
 
 
 
ALFRED SCHWARZMANN (23 March 1912 F ü r th, Germany – 11. March 2000 
Goslar, Germany) 
 
Alfred Schwarzmann was a solder and his first major competition was OG in Berlin where he 
won 3 gold medals. In 1938 he left military service and began working as a physical 
education teacher. At the beginning of World War II he was part of the German army and 
participated as a parachutist in the battles in Poland, France, Italy and Soviet Union. In 1944 
he was hospitalized and later came into British custody. After the war, he was still able to 
prepare for OG in Helsinki and placed 2
nd
 on high bar at the age of 40. Both OG in Berlin and 
Helsinke were his only two important international appearances. 
 
Results: 
Berlin OG 1936   
 
Gold: All Around, Team, Vault;  
Bronze: Parallel bars, Horizontal bar 
 
Helsinki OG 1952  
 
Silver: Horizontal bar 
 

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Dismount at OG 1936  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

GAJDOŠ A. SHORT HISTORICAL NOTES XX                                                                     Vol. 13 Issue 1: 142-144 
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Drawing of Alfred 
Schwarzmann’s 
horizontal bar 
routine at OG 
1952, from the 
book of prof. A. 
Kaneko - Technic 
and methodics on 
high bar, 
Tokyo  1970 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WALTER STEFANS (26.12.1908 Barnstorf, Germany – 23.8.2006 
Bergkamen, Germany 
 
 
Not much is known about his life, but he competed in 
WC in 1934 and OG in 1936, where he and his 
teammates won the team title. 
 
Budapest WC 1934 Bronze: Team, 6
th
  Horizontal bar 
 
Berlin OG 1936  Gold: Team, 5
th
 Vault, 6
th
 Horizontal 
bar