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Viktor Röthlin

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Viktor Röthlin (born October 14, 1974 in Kerns, Obwalden) is a Swiss former long-distance runner, who specialized in the marathon. Röthlin won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, and the gold medal at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona, Spain. He also competed in the marathon at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia (finishing 36th), at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece (where he did not finish), at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China (where he placed 6th in a time of 2:10:35) and at the 2012 Olympics in London, Great Britain (where he finished in 11th with a time of 2:12:48). Röthlin has set four Swiss national records at the marathon distance: In September 2001 at the Berlin Marathon, his time of 2:10:54 eclipsed the previous Swiss national record of 2:11:10 (set by Daniel Boltz in 1991). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Röthlin has received more than 29,185 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Viktor Röthlin is the 3,635th most popular athlete (down from 2,477th in 2019), the 864th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 746th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Swiss Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Viktor Röthlin ranks 3,635 out of 6,025. Before him are Thea LaFond, Christina Schwanitz, Kōichi Morishita, Eduardo Gurbindo, Sergei Martynov, and Yanet Bermoy. After him are Abeba Aregawi, Lisa Martin, Thomas Poulsen, Viorel Talapan, Rustam Orujov, and Kyriakos Ioannou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Viktor Röthlin ranks 789. Before him are Nassim Akrour, Adel Nefzi, Fernando Correa, Caíco, Yoshika Matsubara, and Isaiah Mustafa. After him are Amy Mainzer, Etan Cohen, Martin Gerber, Derek Cianfrance, Shadi Sadr, and Dennis Lawrence.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Viktor Röthlin ranks 864 out of 1,015. Before him are Andreas Küttel (1979), Viktorija Golubic (1992), Fabian Lustenberger (1988), Eray Cömert (1998), Andres Ambühl (1983), and Diogo Costa (1999). After him are Martin Gerber (1974), Dominique Aegerter (1990), Mirjam Ott (1972), Heidi Diethelm Gerber (1969), Yves Allegro (1978), and Clint Capela (1994).

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Among ATHLETES In Switzerland

Among athletes born in Switzerland, Viktor Röthlin ranks 44. Before him are Mujinga Kambundji (1992), André Bucher (1976), Rolf Thorsen (1961), Simone Niggli-Luder (1978), Maya Pedersen-Bieri (1972), and Marcel Fischer (1978). After him are Heidi Diethelm Gerber (1969), Beat Hefti (1978), Nicola Spirig (1982), Philipp Schoch (1979), Magali Messmer (1971), and Xeno Müller (1972).

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