Rudolf Cvetko

{{Short description|Slovene fencer}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name = Rudolf Cvetko |image = Rudolf Cvetko.jpg |caption = Rudolf Cvetko |birth_date =November 17, 1880 |birth_place =Senosetsch, Austro-Hungarian Empire<br>{{small|(now Slovenia)}} |death_date =December 15, 1977 |death_place = Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia |medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{flag|Austrian Empire}} }} {{MedalSport|Men's Fencing}} {{MedalSilver| 1912 Stockholm | Team sabre}} }}

'''Rudolf Cvetko''' (November 17, 1880 – December 15, 1977) was a Slovene fencer who was the first Slovene winner of an Olympic medal. A competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, Cvetko was part of the Austrian sabre team, which won the silver medal, though in the individual foil event he was eliminated in the first round.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prvi slovenski dobitnik olimpijske medalje Rudolf Cvetko |url=https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2020601/https___1914_1918_europeana_eu_contributions_5108 |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=www.europeana.eu |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rudolf Cvetko |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/21158 |access-date=16 May 2021 |work=Olympedia}}</ref><ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |title=Rudolf Cvetko Olympic Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cv/rudolf-cvetko-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422162918/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cv/rudolf-cvetko-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-22 |accessdate=2010-04-05 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>

Cvetko was born in Senožeče to a Slovene gendarme Janez Cvetko. He studied in Ljubljana and in Trieste. He served in the Austro-Hungarian Army between 1900 and 1913, after which he worked as a physical education teacher in the Slovene-language high school in Gorizia. After WWI, he moved to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.{{Cn|date=January 2024}}

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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Rudolf Cvetko}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070328132509/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CVETKRUD01 Rudolf Cvetko Olympic medals and stats] *{{sports links}}

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