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Reto Hug is a former athlete from Switzerland, who competed in the triathlon.
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Reto Amaru Schenkel is a Swiss sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres.
Dianelys Pérez is a Cuban sports shooter. She competed in the Women's 10 metre air rifle and the women's 50 metre three positions events at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2016 Olympics, she again competed in both events.
Aliaksandr Fiodaravich Kikiniov is an amateur Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's middleweight category. He won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships in Herning, Denmark, defeating Germany's Konstantin Schneider. He is also a three-time medalist at the European Championships.
Reto Barrington is a Canadian former alpine skier who competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics.
Reto Delnon was a Swiss professional ice hockey player who competed for the Swiss national team at the 1952 Winter Olympics. In 1962, he was sacked from the role as coach of the Swiss national team due to his membership in the Communist Party of Labour.
Reto Bucher is a retired amateur Swiss Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He finished fourth in the 74-kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and later took home a silver medal at the 2007 European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. Before his wrestling career ended in 2009, Bucher trained as a member of the wrestling team for Ringerstaffel Freiamt in Aristau, under his personal coach Leonz Küng.
Reto Zinsli is a Swiss judoka. He competed in the men's half-middleweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Reto Wyss is a Swiss rower. He competed in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Reto Gilly is a Swiss luger. He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics, the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Reto Badrutt Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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