Joseph Pilates
Joseph Hubertus Pilates was a German physical trainer, writer, and inventor. He is credited with inventing and promoting the Pilates method of physical fitness. He patented a total of 26 apparatuses in his lifetime.
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- Mönchengladbach
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1883
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Birth1967
Died
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