Josef Ritz

{{short description|Austrian fencer}}

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| birth_place = Vienna, Austria

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| death_place = Kharkiv, Ukraine

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Josef Ritz (14 December 1899 – 31 July 1943) was an Austrian fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite sports-reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/josef-ritz-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002513/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/josef-ritz-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Josef Ritz |access-date=8 May 2010 }}

He fought in the Wehrmacht and was killed on the Eastern Front, near Kharkov in 1943 during World War II.{{cite sports-reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=24 July 2018 }}