Hermann Mandl

Hermann Mandl (1856 - 6 March 1922) was an Austrian Jewish businessman and equestrian who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics.[1]

Hermann Mandl
Personal information
EthnicityJewish
Born1856
Vienna, Austria
Died6 March 1922
Vienna, Austria
Sport
SportEquestrian

Mandl travelled to China in the 1870s, due to learning the Chinese customs and becoming fluent in the language helped him to be become successful with European and American companies in China. In 1880 he set up his own company H.Mandl & Co., and represented major companies like Krupp and Siemens.[1][2]

In 1900 he competed for Austria at the 1900 Summer Olympics, although there isn't any official record of times and distances he competed in the equestrian events of jumping,[3] high jump[4] and long jump, [5] he also competed in the hacks and hunter combined event and mail coach event, but these are not considered as Olympic Events.[1]

References
  1. "Hermann Mandl, bio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. "Siemens History Site". siemens.com. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  3. "Equestrianism at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed Jumping, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  4. "Equestrianism at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed High Jump". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  5. "Equestrianism at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed Long Jump". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2017.


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