Otto Wahle

Otto Wahle (November 5, 1879 – August 11, 1963) was a swimmer ,[1] he took part in two Summer Olympic Games and won a total of three medals.[2]

Otto Wahle

Otto Wahle in 1901
Medal record
Representing  Austrian Empire
Men's Swimming
Olympic Games
1900 Paris200 m obstacle
1900 Paris1000 m freestyle
1904 St. Louis440 yd freestyle

Swimming career

Wahle aged just 20 years old competed in three events at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France,[1][3] he competed in the Men's 200 metre freestyle and won his heat, but for some unknown reason he didn't compete in the final.[4] He also entered the Men's 1000 metre freestyle; in his heat he came second behind Hungarian, Zoltán Halmay, but still qualified for the final the next day.[5] In the final he was beaten by John Arthur Jarvis from Great Britain, but ahead of Zoltán Halmay to win the silver medal.[6] Wahle also won a silver medal in the Men's 200 metre obstacle event. After winning his heat[7] he just missed out on the gold medal by under two seconds to Australian, Frederick Lane.[8]

In 1901 he moved to New York City and was taken in by the New York Athletic Club.[2][9] Three years later he was competing at the 1904 Summer Olympics.[10][1] The Games were held in St. Louis, Missouri, and again Wahle entered three events. In his three events there wasn't any heats; in the Men's 1 mile freestyle he finished in fourth place.[11] He finished in fifth place in the Men's 880 yard freestyle,[12] but managed to win a bronze medal in the Men's 440 yard freestyle finishing behind Charles Daniels and Francis Gailey.[13]

In 1906, Wahle became a US citizen. He would later become the American swimming team coach for the 1912 Summer Olympics, where he coached future Gen. George S. Patton Jr. for the swimming event in the pentathlon.[14] At the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics he was the coach of the American water polo team.[2][9]

Wahle played a major role in the growth of swimming as a competitive sport in the United States and wrote many of the rules listed in early Amateur Athletic Union manuals.[14]

He died in 1963 in Forest Hills, Queens, and was inducted in to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968.[9][2]

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See also

References
  1. Horvitz, P.S. (2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and the 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. SPI Books. p. 182. ISBN 9781561719075. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  2. "Otto Wahle, Bio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. Wechsler, B. (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House. p. 225. ISBN 9780881259698. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  4. "Swimming at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Freestyle Semi-Finals". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. "Swimming at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's 1,000 metres Freestyle Semi-Finals". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. "Swimming at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's 1,000 metres Freestyle Final". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  7. "Swimming at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Obstacle Course Semi-Finals". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. "Swimming at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Obstacle Course Final". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. "Otto Wahle". ishof.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. Spalding's Athletic Almanac. 1903. p. 39. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  11. "Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's One Mile Freestyle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  12. "Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 880 yard Freestyle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. "Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 440 yard Freestyle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  14. "Otto Wahle Dies; Olympic Swimmer" (Vol. CXII, No. 38552, pg 31). The New York Times. 11 August 1963.
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