Josip Primožič

Josip "Jože" Primožič (7 February 1900, in Ljubljana – 18 August 1985, in Maribor) was a Yugoslavian gymnast of Slovene ethnicity.^[2]

Josip Primožič
Personal information
Country represented	Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Born	(1900-02-07)7 February 1900 Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary
Died	18 August 1985(1985-08-18) (aged 85) Maribor, Slovenia
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Olympic Games Representing Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1928 Amsterdam Parallel bars 1928 Amsterdam Team competition World Championships 1930 Luxembourg Floor[1] 1930 Luxembourg All-Around 1930 Luxembourg Pommel Horse 1930 Luxembourg Parallel bars 1926 Lyon Horizontal bar 1926 Lyon Team 1930 Luxembourg Team 1938 Prague Parallel bars[1]: 65  1938 Prague Team[1]

He took part in three Olympic Games and three World Championships for Yugoslavia. This gave him a total of 10 medals, two silvers at the 1926 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, four golds and a bronze at the 1930 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, a bronze at the 1938 World Championships, as well as a silver and a bronze at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.^{[citation needed]}

At the 1924 Olympics, he won no medals, but Yugoslavia came in fourth in the team competition. In 1928, he also did well individually, and came in fifth in the individual overall competition. This came after many good placings in individual events; silver in the parallel bars, fourth on the flour, and sixth on the horizontal bars. There were also no medals in his last Olympics in 1936, and his best placing was sixth in the team event.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). "125th Anniversary - The story goes on..." (PDF). FIG. p. 64.
2. "Josip Primožič". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jože Primožič". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.