Robert Roth (sport wrestler)
Swiss wrestler (1898–1959)
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Born | 5 July 1898 Bern, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
Died | 17 November 1959(1959-11-17) (aged 61) Nidau, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
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Robert Roth (5 July 1898 – 17 November 1959) was a Swiss wrestler who won a gold medal in the freestyle heavyweight class at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1] Roth was a national champion in schwingen, Swiss national wrestling, in 1919 and 1921. Between 1922 and 1927 he competed as professional, but than returned to amateurs and won the national title in 1928 and 1931.[1] His younger brothers Hans and Fritz were also Olympic wrestlers.[2]
References
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- ^ a b "Robert Roth". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Robert Roth". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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- 1904 Bernhoff Hansen (USA)
- 1908 Con O'Kelly (GBR)
- 1920 Robert Roth (SUI)
- 1924 Harry Steel (USA)
- 1928 Johan Richthoff (SWE)
- 1932 Johan Richthoff (SWE)
- 1936 Kristjan Palusalu (EST)
- 1948 Gyula Bóbis (HUN)
- 1952 Arsen Mekokishvili (URS)
- 1956 Hamit Kaplan (TUR)
- 1960 Wilfried Dietrich (EUA)
- 1964 Aleksandr Ivanitsky (URS)
- 1968 Aleksandr Medved (URS)
- 1972 Ivan Yarygin (URS)
- 1976 Ivan Yarygin (URS)
- 1980 Ilya Mate (URS)
- 1984 Lou Banach (USA)
- 1988 Vasile Pușcașu (ROM)
- 1992 Leri Khabelov (EUN)
- 1996 Kurt Angle (USA)
- 2000 Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)
- 2004 Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)
- 2008 Shirvani Muradov (RUS)
- 2012 Jake Varner (USA)
- 2016 Kyle Snyder (USA)
- 2020 Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
- 1904: +71.67 kg
- 1908: +73 kg
- 1920: +82.5 kg
- 1924–1960: +87 kg
- 1964–1968: +97 kg
- 1972–1996: 100 kg
- 2000: 97 kg
- 2004–2012: 96 kg
- 2016–present: 97 kg
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