Oskar Wetzell

Oskar Wilhelm Wetzell (5 December 1888 – 28 November 1928) was a Finnish diver, who competed at the 1908 and the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Diving

Olympics

Wetzell was the first deaf person ever to compete at the Olympics twice. He is also the only deaf Finnish Olympian.

National He won eight Finnish national championships in diving: springboard diving: 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1921 platform diving: 1909, 1911, 1913

He represented the clubs Helsingfors Simsällskap and Helsingin Uimarit.

He became interested in stage magic at the age of 20. In the 1920s he performed in clubs and major charity events. He modeled his show after Tobias Bamberg.

He married Selma Maria Forsström in 1916. They had four children. He was a founding member of the Finnish Deaf Sports Federation, and was its secretary in 1921–1922.

He died of stomach cancer.