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Joaquín Blume
Personal information
Country represented Spain
Born(1933-06-21)21 June 1933
Died29 April 1959(1959-04-29) (aged 25)
Cuenca, Spain
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics

Joaquín Blume (Catalan: Joaquim Blume; 21 June 1933 – 29 April 1959) was a Spanish gymnast. The son of a German gymnastics instructor established in Barcelona,[1] he belonged to the gymnastics section of FC Barcelona.[2]

He became Spanish gymnastics champion at 15[1] and he competed in the 1952 Summer OlympicsofHelsinki with only 19 years.[2] He went to win eight medals in the 1955 Mediterranean Games[1] and in 1957 he won the European Championship, defeating favourite Yuri Titov.[2] He was a favourite for the 1956 Summer OlympicsofMelbourne, until Spain boycotted the games in protest against the presence of the USSR, after their brutal suppression of the Hungarian Revolution.[3]

He was also a favourite in the 1960 Summer Olympics, but he died in a plane crash at the Valdemeca mountains, in Cuenca, on 29 April 1959. The plane was headed for Canarias, where the Spanish gymnastics team were to do a gymnastics exhibition. His wife, also a gymnast and pregnant with their second child, was also a passenger. There were no survivors.[2][4]

In his honour, the Catalan Gymnastics Federation started in 1969 the Memorial Joaquim Blume tournament, first only of male gymnastics with female competition introduced in 1972.[1] A sculpture in his honour is displayed at the Gardens of Joan Brossa, in Barcelona.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d 50 años sin Joaquim Blume
  • ^ a b c d 50 años de la muerte de Joaquín Blume
  • ^ "Between tradition and remembrance". www.ueg.org. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  • ^ La Vanguardia - Edición del viernes, 27 abril 1984, página 44


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