Rudolf Cvetko
Rudolf Cvetko (November 17, 1880 – December 15, 1977) was a Slovene fencer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] He was the first Slovene to qualify for the Olympics and the first Slovene winner of the Olympic medal. He was part of the Austrian sabre team, which won the silver medal.[2] In the individual foil event he was eliminated in the first round.
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| Born | November 17, 1880 | |||||||||||
| Died | December 15, 1977 | |||||||||||
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Cvetko was born in Senožeče to a Slovene gendarme Janez Cvetko. He studied in Ljubljana and in Trieste, and served in the Austro-Hungarian Army between 1900 and 1913, after which he worked as a physical education teacher in the Slovene-language high school in Gorizia. After WWI, he moved to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
References
- "Rudolf Cvetko". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- "Rudolf Cvetko Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
External links
Media related to Rudolf Cvetko at Wikimedia Commons- Rudolf Cvetko Olympic medals and stats
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