Leopold Mayer (died 21 September 1914) was an Austrian swimmer. He competed in the
men's one mile freestyle and the
men's 250 metres starting relay at the
1906 Summer Olympics
The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated in Athens, Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred to as the "Second International Olympic Games i ...
. He was killed in action during
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
.
See also
*
List of Olympians killed in World War I
A total of 144 Olympians are known to have been killed during World War I.
See also
* List of international rugby union players killed in World War I
Notes
A.This includes Hermann von Bönninghausen and Paul Berger, who both died following th ...
References
Year of birth missing
Place of birth missing
1914 deaths
Austrian male freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Austria
Swimmers at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Austro-Hungarian military personnel killed in World War I
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