{{short description|German swimmer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Leopold Mayer | nationality = Austrian | death_date = {{Death date and given age|1914|09|21|22|df=yes}} | death_place = }} '''Leopold Mayer''' (died 21 September 1914) was an Austrian swimmer. He competed in the men's one mile freestyle and the men's 250 metres starting relay at the 1906 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during World War I.<ref name="Olympics">{{Cite sports-reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/leopold-mayer-1.html|title=Leopold Mayer Olympic Results|access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref><ref name"WW1">{{Cite sports-reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65|title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War|access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=McCrery |first=Nigel |title=The Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in The Great War |publisher=Pen & Sword |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-47387-798-6}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Olympians killed in World War I
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