Alois Totuschek

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAlois•Totuschek
Used nameAlois•Totuschek
Born2 February 1885 in Nové Město na Moravě, Vysočina (CZE)
AffiliationsWiener Sportverein, Wien (AUT)
NOC Austria

Biography

Austrian wrestler Alois Totuschek qualified for the 1912 Olympics. He finished second to Peter Kokotowitsch) in the middleweight A class at the selection competition held in Vienna (Apollo-Säle) on 9 June 1912. At the Stockholm Games, he was eliminated in the fourth round of the Greco-Roman middleweight class.

At the 1908 World Championships, Totuschek won the silver medal, beaten only by his non-Olympian compatriot Robert Dirry, and the following year he won the gold medal ahead of Dirry. At the 1910 Unofficial World Championships, he again won ahead Dirry. In 1911, Totuschek placed fourth at the unofficial worlds, and in 1914 added a silver medal at the Unofficial European Championships.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1912 Summer Olympics Wrestling AUT Alois Totuschek
Middleweight A, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) AC r4/8