Louis Zutter

Louis Zutter
Full name	Jules Alexis Zutter
Born	(1865-12-12)12 December 1865 Les Ponts-de-Martel, Switzerland
Died	10 November 1946(1946-11-10) (aged 80) Boudry, Switzerland
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Switzerland
Medal record Representing Switzerland Summer Olympics Gold medal – first place 1896 Athens Pommel horse Silver medal – second place 1896 Athens Vault Silver medal – second place 1896 Athens Parallel bars

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

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).

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