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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Cvetko has received more than 13,704 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Rudolf Cvetko is the 70th most popular fencer (down from 62nd in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 89th in 2019) and the most popular Slovene Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Rudolf Cvetko ranks 70 out of 349Before him are Franco Riccardi, Christian Noël, István Kausz, Claude Netter, Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, and Jean-Claude Magnan. After him are Bruno Habārovs, Umyar Mavlikhanov, Adrianus de Jong, Lajos Maszlay, Georges Tainturier, and Alexandr Romankov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Rudolf Cvetko ranks 189Before him are Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, Russell Simpson, Majit Gafuri, Gorch Fock, Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, and Enrique Olaya Herrera. After him are Paul Castanet, Julio C. Tello, Albert Champoudry, Albert W. Hull, Arthur Dove, and Lev Shcherba. Among people deceased in 1977, Rudolf Cvetko ranks 210Before him are Nalini Bala Devi, Sergei Lemeshev, Otto Andersson, Casimiro Torres, Prince Charles of Luxembourg, and Jack Beresford. After him are Jean Delarge, Harald Strøm, Sebastian Cabot, Ernest Leonard Johnson, Jorge Pardon, and Américo Tesoriere.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Rudolf Cvetko ranks 97 out of 340Before him are Mima Jaušovec (1956), Alenka Bratušek (1970), Primož Ulaga (1962), Eva Sršen (1951), Lojze Grozde (1923), and Dimitrij Rupel (1946). After him are Milivoje Novaković (1979), Josip Primožič (1900), Anton Aškerc (1856), Sasha Vujačić (1984), Martin Strel (1954), and Luka Dončić (1999).

Among FENCERS In Slovenia

Among fencers born in Slovenia, Rudolf Cvetko ranks 1After him are Richard Verderber (1884).