Fritz Schwab
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
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| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1952 Helsinki | 10 km walk |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1948 London | 10 km walk |
| European Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1950 Brussels | 10 km walk |
| 1946 Oslo | 10 km walk |
Erich Arthur Fritz Schwab (31 December 1919 in Berlin – 24 November 2006) was a Swiss race walker. He won two Olympic medals over 10 kilometres in 1948 and 1952.[1][2] In addition he won two medals at the European Championships in 1946 and 1950.
His father Arthur Tell Schwab was an Olympic silver medalist in 1936.
References
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's 10 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 10 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
Categories:
- 1919 births
- 2006 deaths
- Swiss men race walkers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Switzerland
- Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics
- 20th-century Swiss sportsmen
- Olympic men race walkers
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