Max Benker

Max Benker was a Swiss gymnast who was a national champion and represented his country internationally. At the 1957 European Championships in Paris Benker was the silver medallist on the pommel horse and won bronze in the individual all-round and the parallel bars. His favoured discipline was the individual all-round event where he won the Swiss title in 1959 and 1962.

In between his national success Benker represented Switzerland at the 1960 Roma Olympics. The Swiss team finished in eighth place overall with Benker’s best individual performance coming in the parallel bars where he came in joint-14th place. After the Olympics he joined the Meilen gymnastics club where he became an honorary member of the organisation.