Eugen Mack

Eugen Mack ( born September 21, 1907 in Arbon, † 29 October 1978) was a Swiss gymnast and two-time Olympic champion.

At the Summer Olympics in Amsterdam in 1928, he participated in all seven competitions in gymnastics. He won the individual competition at the horse jump and was third on the high bar behind his teammate Georges Kitty, who won the competition. Also victorious, he was with the Swiss team in the team all-around.

At the Summer Olympics in 1932 in Los Angeles, he did not participate.

However, in 1936 at the Summer Olympics in Berlin, he once again took part in all eight competitions for men. Nearly 30,000 spectators and Adolf Hitler personally witnessed how the favored Swiss were defeated by the German home team. Mack won four silver medals in the individual all-around competitions, horse jump, Pommel Horse and the team all-around. Another bronze medal he won in the floor exercise.

Mack was at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 1934 in Budapest 's most successful participants and won five gold medals in the all around ( the time from 15 competitions existed ), parallel bars, pommel horse, and jump in the team competition. He also won two silver medals at the rings and on the ground behind Swiss teammate Georges Kitty. On the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 1938 in Prague, he was named World Champion in the jump, second on floor and won the bronze medal in the all around. With the team they picked this time the silver medal.

1999 Eugen Mack was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.