Oskar Wilhelm Wetzell (5 December 1888 â 28 November 1928) was a Finnish diver, who competed at the 1908 and the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Wetzell was the first deaf person ever to compete at the Olympics twice. He is also the only deaf Finnish Olympian.
He won eight Finnish national championships in diving:
He represented the clubs Helsingfors Simsällskap and Helsingin Uimarit.
Oskar Wetzell became deaf after being confronted with influenza when he was just two years old. He was sent to the Porvoo Deaf School at the age of seven. His father worked initially at the Sinebrychoff Brewery in Helsinki and later went on to become a merchant.
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 an inaugural board member of the Nordic Balticum Deaf Sport Federation. He was a founding member of the Finnish Deaf Sports Federation, and was its secretary in 1921âÂÂ1922.
He died of stomach cancer.