Tags: Gymnast.

Helmut Bantz (14 September 1921 – 4 December 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.

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