10 Facts About Otto Wahle

Otto Wahle was an Austrian-American swimmer who took part in two Summer Olympic Games and won a total of three medals.

At age 20, Otto Wahle participated in three events at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Otto Wahle competed in the 200 metre freestyle and won his heat, but, for an unknown reason, he did not compete in the final.

Otto Wahle won a silver medal in the 200 metre obstacle event.

In 1901, Otto Wahle moved to New York City and became a member of the legendary New York Athletic Club.

Otto Wahle finished fourth in the 1 mile freestyle, and fifth in the 880 yard freestyle.

Otto Wahle won a bronze medal in the 440 yard freestyle, finishing behind Americans Charles Daniels and Francis Gailey.

Otto Wahle worked as the American swimming team coach for the 1912 Summer Olympics, where he coached future Gen.

Otto 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.

Otto Wahle died in 1963 in Forest Hills, Queens, and was inducted in to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968.