Nickolaus Hirschl

Nickolaus "Mickey" Hirschl
BornMarch 20, 1906
Vienna, Austria
DiedOctober 10, 1991(1991-10-10) (aged 85)
Known for
  • Austrian 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 record
Representing  Austria
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
1932 Los Angeles Heavyweight
Men's freestyle wrestling
1932 Los Angeles Heavyweight
Maccabiah Games
1932 Palestine Heavyweight

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 he 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.

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