Nickolaus (also "Nikolaus") "Mickey" (also "Micki") Hirschl (March 20, 1906 – October 10, 1991) was an Austrian Olympic-medal-winning wrestler. He was also a European heavyweight wrestling champion, and for 10 years held the title of Austrian heavyweight wrestling champion. He was also an Austrian shot put and discus junior champion, Austrian heavyweight weightlifting junior champion, and for seven years the Austrian pentathlon champion.[1][2][3]
At 15 years of age, he won the Austrian junior championship in shot put and discus.[2] At 16 years of age, he won the Austrian junior championship in heavyweight weightlifting.[2]
At 17 years of age, he became the pentathlon champion of Austria, winning the title in 1923. He held it for seven years.[1][2][7]
At the age of 18, he won the Austrian heavyweight wrestling championship.[1][2] He was the Austrian champion for the following 10 years.[1][2] In 1932, Hirschl won the gold medal in the European Wrestling Championships heavyweight championship.[2] He wrestled for the Hakoah Vienna wrestling team, which won 127 international titles from 1929 to 1934.[1][2][8][9]
At the 1932 Maccabiah Games in Mandatory Palestine, he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in the heavyweight category.[10]
In 1936, he boycotted the Olympics which were to be held in Berlin, Nazi Germany, refusing to participate due to the racial policies of the Nazis.[1][2]
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Hirschl left Austria to escape the Nazis before the start of World War II. Most of his family was killed in the Holocaust.[11]
He first moved to pre-Israel Palestine. He joined the British Commandos, and served fighting the Germans in North Africa.[11][12] After the war, he married and moved to Australia in 1947, where he ran a meat business.[11][13]
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Nickolaus also Nikolaus Mickey also Micki Hirschl March 20 1906 October 10 1991 was an Austrian Olympic medal winning wrestler He was also a European heavyweight wrestling champion and for 10 years held the title of Austrian heavyweight wrestling champion He was also an Austrian shot put and discus junior champion Austrian heavyweight weightlifting junior champion and for seven years the Austrian pentathlon champion 1 2 3 Nickolaus Mickey HirschlBornMarch 20 1906Vienna AustriaDiedOctober 10 1991 1991 10 10 aged 85 Known forAustrian Shot put and Discus Junior Champion Austrian Heavyweight Weightlifting Junior Champion Austrian Pentathlon Champion 1923 30 Austrian Heavyweight Wrestling Champion 10 years European Heavyweight Wrestling Champion 1932 Olympic bronze medals in Heavyweight Freestyle and Heavyweight Greco Roman Wrestling 1932 AwardsInternational Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 1993 Olympic medal recordRepresenting AustriaMen s Greco Roman wrestling1932 Wrestling Greco Roman wrestlingMen s Freestyle wrestling1932 Wrestling Freestyle wrestlingMaccabiah Games1932 Palestine Greco Roman wrestling Contents 1 Early life 2 Sports career 3 Life after sports career 4 See also 5 References 6 Further readingEarly life editHirschl was Jewish and was born in Vienna Austria 1 2 4 5 His parents were kosher butchers and his father was president of a synagogue 6 Sports career editAt 15 years of age he won the Austrian junior championship in shot put and discus 2 At 16 years of age he won the Austrian junior championship in heavyweight weightlifting 2 At 17 years of age he became the pentathlon champion of Austria winning the title in 1923 He held it for seven years 1 2 7 At the age of 18 he won the Austrian heavyweight wrestling championship 1 2 He was the Austrian champion for the following 10 years 1 2 In 1932 Hirschl won the gold medal in the European Wrestling Championships heavyweight championship 2 He wrestled for the Hakoah Vienna wrestling team which won 127 international titles from 1929 to 1934 1 2 8 9 At the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles he won a bronze medal in heavyweight freestyle and a bronze medal in heavyweight Greco Roman 1 At the 1932 Maccabiah Games in Mandatory Palestine he won a gold medal in Greco Roman wrestling in the heavyweight category 10 In 1936 he boycotted the Olympics which were to be held in Berlin Nazi Germany refusing to participate due to the racial policies of the Nazis 1 2 Life after sports career editHirschl left Austria to escape the Nazis before the start of World War II Most of his family was killed in the Holocaust 11 He first moved to pre Israel Palestine He joined the British Commandos and served fighting the Germans in North Africa 11 12 After the war he married and moved to Australia in 1947 where he ran a meat business 11 13 He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 2 See also editList of select Jewish wrestlers List of Olympic medalists in Greco Roman wrestling List of 1932 Summer Olympics medal winnersReferences edit a b c d e f g h Paul Taylor 2004 Jews and the Olympic Games the clash between sport and politics with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medalists Sussex Academic Press ISBN 9781903900871 Retrieved 30 July 2011 a b c d e f g h i j k Nikolaus Mickey Hirschl Jewishsports net Retrieved 30 July 2011 Bob Wechsler 2008 Day by day in Jewish sports history KTAV Publishing House Inc ISBN 9780881259698 Retrieved 30 July 2011 Jewish Olympic Medalists Jewishsports net Retrieved 30 July 2011 Nikolaus Hirschl Biography and Olympic Results Sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 30 July 2011 Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance Doew at Archived from the original on 27 September 2011 Retrieved 30 July 2011 Joe Hoffman 3 January 1993 French Swim Champ in Jewish Sports Hall The Jerusalem Post Retrieved 30 July 2011 Paul Yogi Mayer 2000 Judische Olympiasieger Sport ein Sprungbrett fur Minoritaten Agon Sportverlag ISBN 9783897841734 Retrieved 30 July 2011 Matthias Wabl HaKoah Vienna s Jewish Sports Club Smashed by Nazis Gets New Life Hakoah at Retrieved 30 July 2011 Maccabiah Games before World War II sport record de a b c Sherman Milt 1 October 1985 Wrestling Greats Nicholas Micky Hirschl Return To Los Angeles Wrestling USA Magazine archived from the original on 12 October 2010 retrieved 4 February 2016 Mark Palmer 18 December 2008 Wrestling Spoken Here Intermatwrestle com Retrieved 30 July 2011 Nickolaus Hirschl Olympics com Further reading editPersson Gunnar translated by Mirja ItkonenHakoah tahdet paossa Hakoah Exiled Stars Like 2006 ISBN 978 952 471 727 4 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nickolaus Hirschl amp oldid 1207944350, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
