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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Herschmann has received more than 36,691 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Otto Herschmann is the 216th most popular athlete (up from 422nd in 2019), the 665th most popular biography from Austria (up from 768th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Otto Herschmann ranks 216 out of 6,025. Before him are Dorian Yates, Ivan Patzaichin, Nándor Dáni, John Paine, Carl Diem, and Karin Balzer. After him are Natalya Lisovskaya, Janusz Kusociński, Michael Johnson, Éva Székely, Gottfried Diener, and Karl Staaf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Otto Herschmann ranks 99. Before him are Georg Kolbe, Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Wehib Pasha, Hélène Dutrieu, and Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange. After him are William Hope Hodgson, Joanni Perronet, Luigi Maglione, Giuseppe Volpi, Mordechai Gebirtig, and Edmund Gwenn. Among people deceased in 1942, Otto Herschmann ranks 132. Before him are George Andrew Reisner, Albert Kahn, Roberto Arlt, Kaarel Eenpalu, Jacques-Émile Blanche, and Roberto María Ortiz. After him are Vladimir Petlyakov, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Lev Nussimbaum, Gabriel Terra, Charlie Christian, and Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Otto Herschmann ranks 665 out of 1,424. Before him are Fritz Machlup (1902), Hans Hermann Groër (1919), Saint Sturm (704), Friedrich Cerha (1926), Richard Tauber (1891), and Johann Georg Hiedler (1792). After him are Ernst Toch (1887), Maria Wodzińska (1819), Marc Girardelli (1963), Karin Kneissl (1965), Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1582), and Alfons Maria Stickler (1910).

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Among ATHLETES In Austria

Among athletes born in Austria, Otto Herschmann ranks 3. Before him are Felix Baumgartner (1969), and Herma Bauma (1915). After him are Klaus Dibiasi (1947), Adolf Kainz (1903), Eva Janko (1945), Fiorenzo Marini (1914), Rupert Hollaus (1931), Ferdinand Kiefler (1913), Manfred Schmid (1944), Josef Feistmantl (1939), and Felix Gottwald (1976).

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