Günter Lyhs

Günter Lyhs
Born(1934-04-20)20 April 1934
Sulimmen, Gau East Prussia, Germany
Died17 December 2025(2025-12-17) (aged 91)
Kierspe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
West Germany
GymTurnverein Jahn Kierspe 1904
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Team

Günter Lyhs (20 April 1934 – 17 December 2025) was a German gymnast. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in seventh and third place, with the German team, respectively. Individually his best achievement was 16th place on the vault in 1964.[1]

Lyhs died on 17 December 2025, at the age of 91.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Günter Lyhs". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Günter Lyhs" (death notice). trauer.nrw, 24 December 2025 (in German). Retrieved 29 December 2025.