Nickolaus Hirschl

Nickolaus "Mickey" Hirschl
BornMarch 20, 1906
Vienna, Austria
DiedOctober 10, 1991(1991-10-10) (aged 85)
Known for
  • Austrian Shot put and Discus Junior Champion
  • Austrian Heavyweight Weightlifting Junior Champion
  • Austrian Pentathlon Champion (1923–30)
  • Austrian Heavyweight Wrestling Champion (10 years)
  • European Heavyweight Wrestling Champion (1932)
  • Olympic bronze medals in Heavyweight Freestyle and Heavyweight Greco-Roman Wrestling (1932)
AwardsInternational Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (1993)
Olympic medal record
Representing  Austria
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Los Angeles Heavyweight
Men's freestyle wrestling
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Los Angeles Heavyweight
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 1932 Palestine Heavyweight

Nickolaus (also "Nikolaus") "Mickey" (also "Micki") Hirschl (March 20, 1906 – October 10, 1991) was an Austrian Olympic-medal-winning wrestler. He was also a European heavyweight wrestling champion, and for 10 years he held the title of Austrian heavyweight wrestling champion. He was also an Austrian shot put and discus junior champion, Austrian heavyweight weightlifting junior champion, and for seven years the Austrian pentathlon champion.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medalists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900871. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Nikolaus "Mickey" Hirschl". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  3. ^ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881259698. Retrieved 30 July 2011.