George Gulack

George Julius Gulack (May 12, 1905 – July 27, 1987) was an American gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he received a gold medal on the rings.[1]

George Gulack
Personal information
Born(1905-05-12)May 12, 1905
Riga, Latvia
DiedJuly 27, 1987(1987-07-27) (aged 82)
Boca Raton, Florida
Sport
Country United States
SportMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Men’s gymnastics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1932 Los Angeles Men's rings

Service with athletic organizations

Gulack had a vital role serving with the Olympic committee and American and international gymnastics organizations. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee from 1934 to 1958. He served as chairman of the AAU Gymnastics Technical Committee from 1936 to 1958 and was chairman of the American Athletic Union Gymnastics Committee in 1958. In 1960 and 1964, he served as U.S. Olympic Gymnastics chairman. He was a member of the executive committee of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) in 1960, and FIG vice president from 1964 to 1972. Impressively, he served as president of the PanAmerican Gymnastics Federation in 1959 and honorary chairman of the Central American Gymnastics Federation in 1970.[2]

He and his wife Fay retired to Boca Raton around 1978 from Connecticut. He had worked as a building construction contractor in prior years. Gulack died in July 1987 at the age of 82.[2][3]

Honors

In 1984, he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[2]

See also

References
  1. "1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-08-19 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 28, 2008)
  2. "International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, George Gulack".
  3. "George J. Gulack, 82, gold-medal Olympian", South Florida Sun Sentinel, pg. 37, 29 July 1987
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.