- Otto Scheff
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Olympic medal record Competitor for Austria
Men's Swimming Bronze 1908 London 400 m freestyle 1906 Intercalated Games Gold 1906 Athens 400 m freestyle Bronze 1906 Athens 1 mile Otto Scheff, born Otto Sochaczewsky (December 12, 1889 October 26, 1956) was an Austrian freestyle swimmer, water polo player, lawyer, politician, and sports official who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Scheff was born in Berlin. He won a bronze medal in the 400 metre freestyle event. He also competed in the 100 metre freestyle race, but was eliminated in the semifinals. In the 1500 metre freestyle competition he finished fourth in the final.
At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens he won the gold medal in the 400 metre freestyle event and a bronze medal in the 1 mile freestyle race. In the 4×250 metre freestyle relay he was part of the Austrian team finishing in sixth place.
At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm he participated in the water polo tournament as part of the Austrian team finishing in fourth place.
From 1945 to 1953 he was elected to the National Council of Austria as a member of the Austrian People's Party.
He also was vice president of the Austrian Olympic Committee. He died at Maria Enzersdorf in 1956.
His daughter Gertraud Scheff was already qualified for the 1940 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, when the games were cancelled.
Mödling named a street Dr. Otto Scheff-Weg.
See also
External links
- profile with picture (German)
- profile
Olympic Champions in Men's 400 m Freestyle 1904 (440 yards): Charles Daniels • 1906: Otto Scheff • 1908: Henry Taylor • 1912: George Hodgson • 1920: Norman Ross • 1924: Johnny Weissmuller • 1928: Alberto Zorrilla • 1932: Buster Crabbe • 1936: Jack Medica • 1948: William Smith • 1952: Jean Boiteux • 1956: Murray Rose • 1960: Murray Rose • 1964: Don Schollander • 1968: Mike Burton • 1972: Brad Cooper • 1976: Brian Goodell • 1980: Vladimir Salnikov • 1984: George DiCarlo • 1988: Uwe Daßler • 1992: Yevgeny Sadovyi • 1996: Danyon Loader • 2000: Ian Thorpe • 2004: Ian Thorpe • 2008: Park Tae-Hwan
Categories:- 1889 births
- 1956 deaths
- People from Berlin
- Freestyle swimmers
- Austrian swimmers
- Austrian water polo players
- Olympic swimmers of Austria
- Olympic water polo players of Austria
- Swimmers at the 1906 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Olympic medalists in swimming
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