Robert Fein
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Representing  Austria
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1936 Berlin | -67.5 kg |
Robert Fein (9 December 1907 – 2 January 1975) was an Austrian weightlifter.
Career[]
He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
He was born to a Jewish Family and died in Vienna.
In 1936 he won the gold medal in the lightweight class after sharing the win with Anwar Mesbah. He was Jewish; he was one of a number of Jewish athletes who won medals at the Nazi Olympics in Berlin in 1936.[1]
In 1937 he was decorated with the Gold Medal for Service to the Republic of Austria.[2]
Dr. George Eisen of Nazareth College included Fein on his list of Jewish Olympic Medalists and an account of Fein's overcoming an early deficit to earn a tie for the gold medal with Egyptian weightlifter Anwar Mesbah is included in Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics : with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists.[3][4]
See also[]
- List of select Jewish weightlifters
Notes and references[]
- ^ "The Nazi Olympics (Berlin 1936)—Jewish Athletes; Olympic Medalists". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ^ "Robert Fein setzt mit einer Goldmedaille die österreichische Gewichthebertradition fort". Österreichs Athleten bei den Olympischen Spielen (in German). Austrian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
- ^ Eisen, George. "Jewish Olympic Medalists", International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Accessed February 2, 2011.
- ^ Taylor, Paul. Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics : with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists, p. 95. , 2004. ISBN 1-903900-87-5. Accessed February 3, 2011.
External links[]
- Profile
- Bio with image (in German)
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