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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

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Röthlin is the 3,743rd most popular athlete (down from 3,584th in 2024), the 876th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 863rd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Swiss Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Viktor Röthlin ranks 3,743 out of 6,025. Before him are Jack Robinson, Gao Min, Simone Niggli-Luder, Olga Kuragina, Li Yanfeng, and Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth. After him are Lucie Décosse, Scott Moir, Charles Kamathi, Odalis Revé, Elisa Uga, and Troy Douglas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Viktor Röthlin ranks 810. Before him are Marianne Timmer, Clare Kramer, Berto Romero, Iarley, Danilo Hondo, and Tariq Abdul-Wahad. After him are Gerardo García León, Adel Nefzi, André Luiz Moreira, Sandro André da Silva, Arnaud Vincent, and Shadi Sadr.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Viktor Röthlin ranks 876 out of 1,015. Before him are Oliver Zaugg (1981), Joel Castro Pereira (1996), Nico Elvedi (1996), Marc Hottiger (1967), Dominic Andres (1972), and Simone Niggli-Luder (1978). After him are Andreas Küttel (1979), Mark Streit (1977), Silvan Zurbriggen (1981), Mario Eggimann (1981), Marco Büchel (1971), and Marc Hirschi (1998).

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Among ATHLETES In Switzerland

Among athletes born in Switzerland, Viktor Röthlin ranks 53. Before him are Heidi Diethelm Gerber (1969), Steve Guerdat (1982), Gregor Stähli (1968), Guido Acklin (1969), Dominic Andres (1972), and Simone Niggli-Luder (1978). After him are Markus Wasser (1968), Magali Messmer (1971), Maya Pedersen-Bieri (1972), Marcel Fischer (1978), Philipp Schoch (1979), and Beat Seitz (1973).

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