Arthur Tell Schwab
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
Representing  Switzerland | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1936 Berlin | 50 km walk |
| European Championships | ||
| 1934 Turin | 50 km walk |
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.[1]
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 in Seglingen near Heilbronn, Germany, during World War II.[1][2]
