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Oscar Osthoff

1883 - 1950

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Oscar Paul Osthoff (March 23, 1883 – December 9, 1950) was an American athlete and coach. Osthoff won the gold medal in the all-around dumbbell event and the silver medal in the two hand lift competition at the 1904 Summer Olympics. He later attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he lettered in four sports, he also was the sec of the athletic dept. he attended Marquette University his freshman year, he is in the University of Wisconsin athletic hall of fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Osthoff is the 1,171st most popular athlete (up from 2,057th in 2019), the 8,197th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,274th in 2019) and the 234th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Oscar Osthoff ranks 1,171 out of 6,025Before him are Matti Sippala, Shunpei Uto, Danas Pozniakas, Vladimir Morozov, Otto Fickeisen, and Niels Fredborg. After him are Olaf Hoffsbakken, Linda Watson, Andy Stanfield, Queenie Newall, Marjorie Clark, and Siegfried Purner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Oscar Osthoff ranks 225Before him are Marcus Hurley, Tevfik Rüştü Aras, Hjalmar Cedercrona, Ignaty Krachkovsky, Geraldine Beamish, and Marie Noël. After him are William Garbutt, Jonathan M. Wainwright, Joseph Perotaux, Estelle Winwood, Erik Granfelt, and Käthe Kruse. Among people deceased in 1950, Oscar Osthoff ranks 166Before him are Karel Koželuh, Edwin Foster Coddington, László Cseh, Semyon Frank, Alberto Ohaco, and Peter Kemp. After him are Miguel Mariano Gómez, Royal Harwood Frost, Dirk Coster, Horace Rice, Luise Fleck, and Rex Ingram.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oscar Osthoff ranks 8,199 out of 20,380Before him are Bebe Daniels (1901), Miguel A. Núñez Jr. (1964), Elizabeth Hawley (1923), Rob Van Dam (1970), Milton Babbitt (1916), and William S. Hart (1864). After him are Tony Carey (1953), Kevin Garnett (1976), Billy Gilbert (1894), Laura Innes (1957), Jack Canfield (1944), and Andy Stanfield (1927).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Oscar Osthoff ranks 234Before him are Daniel Frank (1882), Roy Cochran (1919), Virgil Jacomini (1899), Charles King (1880), Hal Connolly (1931), and Joseph Dempsey (1875). After him are Andy Stanfield (1927), John Brinck (1908), John Cregan (1878), Mildred Wiley (1901), George Underwood (1884), and Francis Frederick (1907).