Peter Kokotowitsch ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Petar Kokotović, separator=" / ", Петар Кокотовић; 8 October 1890 – 12 July 1968) was a

Croatian Serb The Serbs of Croatia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Срби у Хрватској, Srbi u Hrvatskoj) or Croatian Serbs ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Хрватски Срби, Hrvatski Srbi) constitute the largest national minority in ...

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. He competed for

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in the middleweight event at the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...

. Afterwards, he emigrated to the United States, where he adopted US citizenship and changed his name to Peter Kovick on 27 March 1929. He spent his business career in the U.S. with the Continental Can Company, and became a division manager before retiring in 1954. He later worked as a consultant to the

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. Kovick also became active with

Serbian-American Serbian Americans () or American Serbs (), are Americans of ethnic Serb ancestry. As of 2023, there were slightly more than 181,000 American citizens who identified as having Serb ancestry. However, the number may be significantly higher, as ...

organizations and helped displaced refugees who came to the United States after

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* 1890 births 1968 deaths People from Plaški Sportspeople from Karlovac County People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia Serbs of Croatia Olympic wrestlers for Austria Wrestlers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Austrian male sport wrestlers {{Austria-wrestling-bio-stub