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Helmut Bantz (14 September 1921 – 4 October 2004) was a German gymnast
and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the vault at the 1956 Summer
Olympics in Melbourne, competing for the United Team of Germany.
Having fought for Germany in World War II, Bantz was captured by the British
forces in 1944 and taken to England. After he had been released from the status
of prisoner-of-war in 1948 he stayed in England to find a job in agriculture. A