Otto Herschmann
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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. Herschmann was murdered by the Nazis in 1942 during The Holocaust.[1]
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Citizenship | Austrian | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1877-01-04)4 January 1877 Vienna, Austria-Hungary | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 June 1942(1942-06-17) (aged 65) General Government, German Occupied Poland | |||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Swimmer, fencer, lawyer, and sport official | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | Austria | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming and fencing | |||||||||||||||||
Club | 1.W.A.S.C., Vienna (Austria) / Wiener AC, Vienna (Austria) | |||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 1896, 1912 | |||||||||||||||||
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