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German gymnast
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Birth:
28 August 1810(Erfurt, Erfurt Government Region, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia)
Death:
23 March 1865(Erfurt, Erfurt Government Region, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia)
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Biography
Hugo Rothstein (28 August 1810 Erfurt - 28 March 1865 Erfurt) was a Prussian officer, writer, educator and gymnast. He traveled to Sweden to investigate Swedish gymnastics, and introduced it into Prussian military and civil physical training programs. He was a severe critic of the Turners and their German system of gymnastics.