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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 25,763 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Viktor Röthlin is the 3,435th most popular athlete (down from 2,477th in 2019), the 863rd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 746th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Swiss Athlete.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Over the past year Viktor Röthlin has had the most page views in the with 7,898 views, followed by English (2,754), and French (912). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (139.20%), Arabic (130.91%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (96.80%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Viktor Röthlin ranks 3,435 out of 6,025Before him are Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova, 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 787Before 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 863 out of 1,015Before 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), Yves Allegro (1978), Clint Capela (1994), and Silvan Dillier (1990).

Among ATHLETES In Switzerland

Among athletes born in Switzerland, Viktor Röthlin ranks 43Before 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 Beat Hefti (1978), Nicola Spirig (1982), Philipp Schoch (1979), Magali Messmer (1971), Xeno Müller (1972), and Lena Häcki-Groß (1995).