Dutch gymnast Hendricus Thijsen competed at the inaugural World Championships in 1903.

While there he co-won gold on the pommel horse.

[1] At the 1905 World Championships the Dutch men won the silver medal in the team competition.

[2] It would be another 96 years before another gymnast won a medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, with Renske Endel earning a silver medal in 2001.

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