Dragutin Ciotti (19 October 1905 – 17 March 1974) was a Croatian

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. He competed in the men's team and won the bronze medal at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

. The son of a teacher Giuseppe Ciotti,

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by nationality and Albina Ciotti, née Blečić. After the turbulent years spent in Rijeka, after the First World War, the family moved to the State of Slovenes. He was a big fan of the gym and trained in the Croatian "

Sokol The Sokol movement (, ''falcon'') is an all-age gymnastics organization first founded in Prague in the Czech region of Austria-Hungary in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner. It was based upon the principle of " a strong mind in a so ...

" sports society. He was the seventh of ten children. He managed to get into the national team, then one of the three strongest win the world. He was one of the few of the

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at the time. There he represented the

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. He was a member of society "Sokol Sušak Rijeka". After his sports career, he worked for the forest-wood industry: «Jugodrvo», «Transjug», «Exportdrvo». Until the end of life kept in touch with acquaintances athletes.

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1905 births 1974 deaths Yugoslav male artistic gymnasts Croatian male artistic gymnasts Croatian people of Italian descent Olympic gymnasts of Yugoslavia Gymnasts at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Rijeka {{Yugoslavia-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub