Josef Karl Hans Aniol (12 June 1878 – 12 November 1945) was a German

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. A member of the Berliner Swimming Club Otter (SC Otter), he competed in the men's underwater swimming event and the

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

at the

1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 1 ...

. In the swimming competition, Aniol finished sixth; it was the only time the event was ever held. The water polo team that lost 2-3 to France had been put together at short notice by Georg Hax, their captain, and the team entered for the Olympics would form the basis of the future German national team.

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* 1878 births 1945 deaths German male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Germany Olympic water polo players for Germany Swimmers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Berlin Water polo players from Berlin {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub