Otto Herschmann
(1877-1942)
Austrian sportsman
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Dr. Otto Herschmann (4 January 1877 – 14 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 as part of the Holocaust.
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4 January 1877 Vienna, Austria
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14 June 1942 (aged 65) General Government, German Occupied Poland
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