Hermann Mandl

Hermann John Mandl (1856 - 6 March 1922) was an Austrian-Jewish businessman, equestrian and art collector. He founded H.Mandl & Co.[1][2][3]

Hermann Mandl
Born
Hermann John Mandl

1856 (1856)
Vienna, Austria
Died6 March 1922(1922-03-06) (aged 65–66)
Vienna, Austria
OccupationBusinessman
Known forH.Mandl & Co.

Personal life

Mandl was born in Vienna, Austria in 1856. He travelled to China in the 1870s. Having learned the Chinese language and customs after studying in Peking for two years, in 1880 he was employed by General Zuo Zongtang as an interpreter on a march across the Gobi Desert to Hami.[4]

Mandl died in Vienna on 6 March 1922.

Business interests

In the 1880s he set up his own company H.Mandl & Co., which represented European and American companies in China, including Krupp and Siemens.[1][5]

Equestrian

In 1900 he competed for Austria at the 1900 Summer Olympics, although there isn't any official record of times and distances he competed in the equestrian events of jumping,[6] high jump[7] and long jump,[8] he also competed in the hacks and hunter combined event and mail coach event, but these are not considered as Olympic Events.[1]

References
  1. "Hermann Mandl, bio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. "Hermann Mandl". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  3. "Biography: Hermann Mandl". olympics.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  4. "Across Eastern Gobi". Science. Moses King. 1 (2): 48. 1883 – via Google Books.
  5. "Siemens History Site". siemens.com. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  6. "Equestrianism at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed Jumping, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  7. "Equestrianism at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed High Jump". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  8. "Equestrianism at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed Long Jump". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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