Rudolf Cvetko (November 17, 1880 – December 15, 1977) was a Slovene fencer who competed in the

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. He was the first Slovene to qualify for the Olympics and the first Slovene winner of the Olympic medal. He was part of the Austrian sabre team, which won the silver medal. In the individual foil event he was eliminated in the first round. Cvetko was born in

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to a Slovene

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Janez Cvetko. He studied in

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and in

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, and served in the

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between 1900 and 1913, after which he worked as a

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teacher in the Slovene-language high school in

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. After WWI, he moved to the

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Rudolf Cvetko Olympic medals and stats
1880 births 1977 deaths Slovenian male foil fencers Olympic fencers of Austria Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in fencing Slovenian referees and umpires Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Slovenian male sabre fencers {{Slovenia-Olympic-medalist-stub