August 8, 1992: The day Marc Rosset clinched the gold medal in Barcelona

On this day, the 8th of August 1992, Marc Rosset, who was world No 43 at the time, unexpectedly achieved the greatest feat of his career by clinching the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. In the final, the 21-year old Swiss overcame a heat stroke to edge Jordi Arrese, from Spain, 7-6, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 8-6. One day before the end of the Olympics, it was the only medal claimed by a Swiss…

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