Otto Cordes
Otto Cordes (born August 31, 1905 in Magdeburg , † December 24, 1970 in São Paulo ) was a German swimmer and water polo player.
At the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam he was Olympic champion with the German water polo team , four years later he won the silver medal in water polo again at the Los Angeles Games . The basis of the German national water polo team was his home club SC Hellas Magdeburg .
In 1939, after being transferred by his employer, he moved to Brazil , where he stayed for the first time after the outbreak of World War II . His son Burkhard Cordes took part in two Olympic sailing regattas under the Brazilian flag and won a bronze medal in 1968.
Web links
- Otto Cordes in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cordes, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer and water polo player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1970 |
| Place of death | São Paulo |