Hermann Mandl
{{short description|Austrian businessman}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Hermann Mandl
| birth_name = Hermann John Mandl
| birth_date = {{birth-date|1856 }}
| birth_place = Vienna, Austrian Empire
| death_date = {{death date and age|6 March 1922|1856|df=y}}
| death_place = Vienna, Austria
| nationality =
| other_names =
| occupation = Businessman
| years_active =
| known_for = H.Mandl & Co.
| notable_works =
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Hermann John Mandl (1856 - 6 March 1922) was an Austrian-Jewish businessman, equestrian and art collector. He founded H.Mandl & Co.{{cite web|title=Hermann Mandl, bio|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/hermann-mandl-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095417/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/hermann-mandl-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=25 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12363 |title=Hermann Mandl |work=Olympedia |accessdate=25 December 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Biography: Hermann Mandl |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/hermann-mandl |website=olympics.com|accessdate=January 5, 2022}}
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.{{cite journal |journal=Science |publisher=Moses King |date=1883 |title=Across Eastern Gobi |volume=1 |issue=2 |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BLsCAAAAIAAJ |via=Google Books}}
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.{{cite web|title=Siemens History Site|url=https://www.siemens.com/history/en/news/1282_china.htm|website=siemens.com|accessdate=25 March 2017}}
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,{{cite web|title=Equestrianism at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed Jumping, Individual|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/EQU/mixed-jumping-individual.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132607/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/EQU/mixed-jumping-individual.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=25 March 2017}} high jump{{cite web|title=Equestrianism at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed High Jump|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/EQU/mixed-high-jump.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418013832/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/EQU/mixed-high-jump.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=25 March 2017}} and long jump,{{cite web|title=Equestrianism at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed Long Jump|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/EQU/mixed-long-jump.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418013832/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/EQU/mixed-long-jump.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=25 March 2017}} he also competed in the hacks and hunter combined event and mail coach event, but these are not considered as Olympic Events.
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Category:Sportspeople from Austria-Hungary
Category:Austrian male equestrians
Category:Equestrians at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Category:Jewish Austrian sportspeople
Category:Date of birth missing
Category:Austrian expatriates in China
Category:19th-century sportsmen
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