Robert Roth (sport wrestler)
Appearance
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Born | 5 July 1898 Bern, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
Died | 17 November 1959 Nidau, Switzerland | (aged 61)||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Robert Roth (5 July 1898 – 17 November 1959) was a Swiss wrestler who won a gold medal in the freestyle heavyweight class at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1] Roth was a national champion in schwingen, Swiss national wrestling, in 1919 and 1921. Between 1922 and 1927 he competed as professional, but than returned to amateurs and won the national title in 1928 and 1931.[1] His younger brothers Hans and Fritz were also Olympic wrestlers.[2]
References
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- ^ a b "Robert Roth". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Robert Roth". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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- Olympic wrestlers for Switzerland
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- Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
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