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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 34,001 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Otto Herschmann is the 422nd most popular athlete (down from 233rd in 2019), the 773rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 661st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Otto Herschmann ranks 422 out of 3,059Before him are Spyridon Belokas, Sven-Olov Sjödelius, Lindy Remigino, Duncan McNaughton, Karen Hoff, and Arvo Askola. After him are Christa Stubnick, Frank Irons, Jüri Tarmak, Klaus Dibiasi, Percy Hodge, and Ivan Gubijan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Otto Herschmann ranks 125Before him are Camillo Caccia Dominioni, Frederick Twort, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, Fritz Graebner, Wang Guowei, and Maurice Costello. After him are Andrejs Upīts, Miltiadis Gouskos, Johann Friedrich Höger, Norman Brookes, Tom Thomson, and Filippos Karvelas. Among people deceased in 1942, Otto Herschmann ranks 171Before him are Nicholas Adontz, Ferdinand Albin Pax, Thomas Xenakis, Dorothea Klumpke, Laura Hope Crews, and Carl Sternheim. After him are Frank Irons, Heinrich Burger, Sergey Chaplygin, Natalya Kovshova, Oleg Losev, and Jüri Jaakson.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Otto Herschmann ranks 773 out of 1,237Before him are Anton Walbrook (1896), Hans Moravec (1948), Elise Richter (1865), Walter Rudin (1921), Georg Braun (1907), and Luise Fleck (1873). After him are Anna von Mildenburg (1872), Klaus Dibiasi (1947), Dieter Quester (1939), Joseph Rock (1884), Eva Pawlik (1927), and Mateo Kovačić (1994).

Among ATHLETES In Austria

Among athletes born in Austria, Otto Herschmann ranks 3Before him are Felix Baumgartner (1969) and Herma Bauma (1915). After him are Klaus Dibiasi (1947), Eva Janko (1945), Josef Feistmantl (1939), Hans Haas (1906), Adolf Kainz (1903), Franz Bistricky (1914), Alois Schnabel (1910), Max Stiepl (1914), and Manfred Schmid (1944).