Otto Satzinger (21 July 1878 – 6 May 1945) was an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n diver who won a bronze medal at the

1906 Intercalated Games 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 ...

in the platform event. Satzinger represented Austria at the

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, he competed in the platform diving event, where he and 23 other divers from six other countries had nine dives from three different heights, the five judges gave Satzinger 147.4 points and so finished third behind the two Germans

Gottlob Walz Gottlob Walz (29 June 1881 – 1943) was a German diver who competed in the 1906 Intercalated Games and 1908 Summer Olympics. Walz was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1881 and from 1903 became an accomplished diver who won the German National ...

and

Georg Hoffmann Georg Hoffmann (1880–1947) was a German freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke swimmer and diver who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics and 1906 Intercalated Games. Hoffmann competed in three events at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, i ...

. Satzinger won the Austrian National Diving Championship at least seven times.

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