Al Jochim

Alfred August Jochim (June 12, 1902 – March 17, 1980)^[1] was an American gymnast. He was born in Berlin, German Empire, and died in Teaneck, New Jersey. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won two silver medals in gymnastics at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Al Jochim
Full name	Alfred August Jochim
Born	(1902-06-12)June 12, 1902 Berlin, German Empire
Died	March 17, 1980(1980-03-17) (aged 77) Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	United States
Gym	Swiss Turnverein
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing  United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 2 0 Total 0 2 0 Olympic Games 1932 Los Angeles Team 1932 Los Angeles Vault

As a gymnast, Jochim was a member of Swiss Turnverein in Union City, New Jersey.^[2] He won seven titles at the national level, the last one in 1933. He held the American record for most individual titles until Simone Biles won her eighth national title in 2023.^[3]

Jochim emigrated from Germany to the United States as a child and lived in New Jersey in Union City and Hackensack, before moving to Lodi a decade before his death.^[4]