Austria
Austria's first Olympic Champion was 20-year old swimmer Paul Neumann, who won the 500 m Freestyle event at Athens on 11 April 1896.
14 Austrian athletes won a total of 10 Olympic Gold medals at the Summer Games and 4 at Winter Games between 1896 and 1936. Austrian athletes were forced to compete for Germany at Berlin in 1936 but are included in this list.
M/F |
Name |
Year |
Gold |
SPORT |
born |
died |
M |
Paul Neumann |
1896 |
1 |
SWIMMING |
13.6.1875 |
9.2.1932 |
M |
Adolf Schmal |
1896 |
1 |
CYCLING |
18.9.1872 |
28.8.1919 |
M |
Julius Lenhart |
1904 |
2 |
GYMNASTICS |
27.11.1875 |
10.11.1962 |
F |
Herma Plank-Szabó |
1924 |
1 |
FIGURE SKATING |
22.2.1902 |
7.5.1986 |
F |
Helene Engelmann |
1924 |
1 |
FIGURE SKATING |
9.2.1898 |
1.8.1985 |
M |
Alfred Berger |
1924 |
1 |
FIGURE SKATING |
25.8.1894 |
11.6.1966 |
M |
Franz Joseph Andrysek |
1928 |
1 |
WEIGHTLIFTING |
8.2.1906 |
9.2.1981 |
M |
Hans Haas |
1928 |
1 |
WEIGHTLIFTING |
17.10.1906 |
14.5.1973 |
M |
Karl Schäfer |
1932 |
2 |
FIGURE SKATING |
17.5.1909 |
23.4.1976 |
F |
Ellen Preis |
1932 |
1 |
FENCING |
6.5.1912 |
|
M |
Robert Fein |
1936 |
1 |
WEIGHTLIFTING |
8.12.1907 |
2.1.1975 |
M |
Gregor Hradetzky |
1936 |
2 |
CANOEING |
31.1.1909 |
29.12.1984 |
M |
Alfons Dorfner |
1936 |
1 |
CANOEING |
27.1.1911 |
22.1.1982 |
M |
Adolf Kainz |
1936 |
1 |
CANOEING |
5.6.1903 |
12.7.1948 |
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