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Rudolf Cvetko

1880 - 1977

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Rudolf Cvetko (November 17, 1880 – December 15, 1977) was a Slovene fencer who was the first Slovene winner of an Olympic medal. A competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, Cvetko was part of the Austrian sabre team, which won the silver medal, though in the individual foil event he was eliminated in the first round. Cvetko was born in Senožeče to a Slovene gendarme Janez Cvetko. He studied in Ljubljana and in Trieste. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Cvetko is the 125th most popular fencer (down from 70th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 97th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovene Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Rudolf Cvetko ranks 125 out of 349. Before him are Tibor Pézsa, Claude Netter, Jaroslav Tuček, Lyudmila Shishova, Alphonse Kirchhoffer, and Didier Flament. After him are Raúl Anganuzzi, Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja, Adam Papée, Heidi Schmid, Jorge de Paiva, and Jean-Baptiste Mimiague.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Rudolf Cvetko ranks 208. Before him are Emma P. Carr, Russell Simpson, Max Schöne, Lev Shcherba, Majit Gafuri, and Fernand Feyaerts. After him are Christy Mathewson, Nils Widforss, Eric Carlberg, Vladimir Sukachev, George Herriman, and R. H. Tawney. Among people deceased in 1977, Rudolf Cvetko ranks 238. Before him are Miguel Mihura, Megumi Yokota, Artur Adson, Sebastian Cabot, Arnold Bode, and Helen Ferguson. After him are Alexey Gribov, Richard Brauer, Bukka White, Bob Skelton, Irene Steer, and Ruth Moufang.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Rudolf Cvetko ranks 127 out of 340. Before him are Ivan Tavčar (1851), Marjan Šarec (1977), Miran Tepeš (1961), Janez Evangelist Krek (1865), Janez Potočnik (1958), and Jure Zdovc (1966). After him are Alfred Jermaniš (1967), Kristina Brenk (1911), Tanja Ribič (1968), Mateja Svet (1968), Branko Ilić (1983), and Anton Rop (1960).

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Among FENCERS In Slovenia

Among fencers born in Slovenia, Rudolf Cvetko ranks 2. Before him are Richard Verderber (1884).

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