Rudolf Cvetko (November 17, 1880 – December 15, 1977) was a Slovene fencer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 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 Senožeče to a Slovene gendarme Janez Cvetko. He studied in Ljubljana and in Trieste, and 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.

Rudolf Cvetko

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Rudolf Cvetko Olympic medals and stats

1880 births

1977 deaths

Slovenian male foil fencers

Olympic fencers for 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

Rudolf Cvetko