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Otto Bruno Schoenfeld

German all-round sportsman (1871-1938)

Born
27 August 1871, Leipzig
Died
26 August 1938, New Orleans
Citizenship
United States, German Reich
Sport
boxing, fencing, professional wrestling
Occupation
professional wrestler, fencer, boxer
Height
178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight
83 kg (183 lb)

Otto Bruno Schoenfeld (August 27, 1871 – August 26, 1938) was an all-round sportsman, competing at fencing, wrestling and boxing. Born in 1871 in Leipzig, Germany, he came to the United States as a boy, his family originally settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By the time of his death he was known as 'one of the mightiest amateur athletes of all time'.

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1900 Summer Olympics1900

External links

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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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