Robert Fleig

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games
Sex	Male
Full name	Adolf Wilhelm Robert•Fleig
Used name	Robert•Fleig
Born	28 June 1893 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin	FRA
Died	23 November 1944 (aged 51 years 4 months 25 days) in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin	FRA
Affiliations	Cercle de l'Aviron de Strasbourg — Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin	FRA
NOC	France	FRA

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	Medal	As
1920 Summer Olympics	Rowing	FRA			Robert Fleig
	Eights, Men (Olympic)	France	2 h2 r2/3

Listed in Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War (During the charge of the 2nd Armored Division to liberate Strasbourg, he guides the column of Lieutenant-Colonel Rouvillois of the 12th RC and allows him to surprise the German defenses and enter the city. Constantly at the head of the column, he died in combat on November 23, 1944 (aged 51) a few meters from the Kehl bridge and the German border.)