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Otto Herschmann

1877 - 1942

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Dr. Otto Herschmann (4 January 1877 – 17 June 1942) was an Austrian Jewish swimmer, fencer, lawyer, and sports official. He is one of only a few athletes who have won Olympic medals in multiple sports, having received a silver medal in swimming in 1896 and a silver medal in fencing in 1912. He also worked as a lawyer, and served as president of the Austrian Olympic Committee and the Austrian Swimming Federation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Herschmann is the 226th most popular athlete (up from 231st in 2019), the 610th most popular biography from Austria (up from 665th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Otto Herschmann ranks 226 out of 6,025. Before him are Klas Lestander, Samuel Jones, Gyula Kellner, Saint-George Ashe, Jonni Myyrä, and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan. After him are Magnar Solberg, William Stevenson, Parry O'Brien, Rosemarie Ackermann, Armin Hary, and Nadezhda Chizhova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Otto Herschmann ranks 85. Before him are Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Isidora Sekulić, Max Factor, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, and Joanni Perronet. After him are Maximilian Voloshin, Wehib Pasha, Viktor Dyk, Louisa Bolus, Erich von Hornbostel, and Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow. Among people deceased in 1942, Otto Herschmann ranks 111. Before him are Gabriel Terra, Renia Spiegel, Heber Doust Curtis, Jure Francetić, Kaarel Eenpalu, and Ahatanhel Krymsky. After him are Heinrich Vogeler, Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Olga Benário Prestes, Aurel Stodola, Guglielmo Ferrero, and Jacques-Émile Blanche.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Otto Herschmann ranks 610 out of 1,424. Before him are Simon von Stampfer (1790), Joseph Marx (1882), Johannes Mario Simmel (1924), Hans von Dohnanyi (1902), Paula von Preradović (1887), and Sigismund von Neukomm (1778). After him are Marianna Martines (1744), Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck (1769), Josef Klaus (1910), Herma Bauma (1915), Archduchess Margaret of Austria (1567), and Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria (1868).

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Among ATHLETES In Austria

Among athletes born in Austria, Otto Herschmann ranks 2. Before him are Felix Baumgartner (1969). After him are Herma Bauma (1915), Adolf Kainz (1903), Alfons Dorfner (1911), Eva Janko (1945), Klaus Dibiasi (1947), Hans Haas (1906), Josef Feistmantl (1939), Rupert Hollaus (1931), Fiorenzo Marini (1914), and Siegfried Purner (1915).

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