Curt Rottman | |
Full Name: | Curt Rudolf Paul Rottmann |
Country: | United States |
Birth Date: | 13 February 1886 |
Birth Place: | Dresden, German Empire |
Death Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Discipline: | MAG |
Gym: | New York Turnverein |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Curt Rudolf Paul Rottmann (February 13, 1886, in Dresden – January 13, 1928, in New York City) was an American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] [2]
Upon arriving in the United States, Rottman lived in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and California before settling in New York.[3] As a gymnast, he was a member of Baltimore Turnverein Vorwaerts, Philadelphia Turngemeinde, and New York Turnverein.[3]
Rottman worked as a baker and confectioner and died of pleural pneumonia on January 13, 1928, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City.[3]