!!!Schmal-Filius, Adolf

b. Dortmund (Germany), Sept. 18, 1872, 
d. Salzburg, Aug. 28, 1919, fencer and racing cyclist. At the first 
Olympic Games of the modern era in Athens (1896) he was close to 
winning his first Olympic gold medal in fencing when the tournament 
had to be started again because of the arrival of the Greek king. He 
did, however, win the 12-hour cycling race and obtained the bronze 
medal in the 333-m time trial and the 10,000-m track race.



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