Arthur Tell Schwab

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.

For the American judge, see Arthur J. Schwab.
Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Representing   Switzerland
1936 Berlin 50 km walk

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 during World War II.[1]

References
  1. "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.

Sources

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.



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