Zoltán Magyar is a Hungarian former gymnast who was the world's leading pommel horse gymnast in the 1970s. In this event he won two Olympic, three world, three European and two World Cup titles. Magyar had two moves named after him, the Magyar spindle and the Magyar travel.
Magyar in 1976
The pommel horse is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. Traditionally, it is used by only male gymnasts. Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, the modern pommel horse has a metal body covered with foam rubber and leather, with plastic handles.
A gymnast on the pommel horse
An early pommel horse
Pommel horse during the 1896 Summer Olympics.
Alberto Braglia