Viktor R�thlin is a Swiss long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. R�thlin won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, and the gold medal at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona, Spain. He also competed in the marathon at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China and at the 2012 Olympics in London, Great Britain. R�thlin has set four Swiss national records at the marathon distance: In September 2001 at the Berlin Marathon, his time of 2:10:54 eclipsed the previous Swiss national record of 2:11:10. In April 2004, in his victory at the Z�rich Marathon, R�thlin lowered the national record to 2:09:56. In April 2007, he lowered the national record again, when he won the Z�rich Marathon in a time of 2:08:20, and in February 2008, he once more improved the Swiss record to 2:07:23 when he won the Tokyo Marathon. 

October 14th, 1974 in Kerns (Age 50)