Arthur_Tell_Schwab

Arthur Tell Schwab

Arthur Tell Schwab

Swiss racewalker

Arthur Tell Schwab (4 September 1896 – 27 February 1945) was a Swiss race walker. He won an Olympic silver medal over 50 kilometres in Berlin 1936. Two years earlier he had won a silver medal at the European Championships.[1]

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His son Erich Arthur Fritz Schwab won an Olympic bronze medal in 1948 and a silver in 1952 over 10 kilometres walk.

He was killed in an air raid bombing in Seglingen near Heilbronn, Germany, during World War II.[1][2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Arthur Tell Schwab". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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