- Otto Wahle
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Medal record Competitor for Austria
Men's Swimming Silver 1900 Paris 200 m obstacle Silver 1900 Paris 1000 m freestyle Bronze 1904 St. Louis 440 yd freestyle Otto Wahle (born November 5, 1879, in Vienna – August 11, 1963, in New York City, United States) was a Jewish Austrian swimmer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century.[1]
Swimming career
He participated in Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, and won two silver medals in the 200 metre obstacle and the 1,000 m freestyle.[2][3]
In 1901 he moved to New York City, and at the 1904 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal.[4][5]
At the 1912 Summer Olympics he was a coach of the American swimming team. At the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics he was the coach of the American water polo team.
See also
See also: WahleCategories:- 1879 births
- 1963 deaths
- Jewish swimmers
- Austrian swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Austria
- Swimmers at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Austria
- Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
- Austrian Jews
- American people of Austrian-Jewish descent
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- European swimming biography stubs
- Austrian sportspeople stubs
- Austrian Olympic medalist stubs
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