Carl-Friedrich Freiherr von Langen

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Carl-Friedrich Freiherr von Langen
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Gold medal – first place 1928 Amsterdam Individual dressage
Gold medal – first place 1928 Amsterdam Team dressage

Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Langen (25 July 1887 in Klein Belitz – 2 August 1934 in Potsdam) was a German horse rider who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he and his horse Draufgänger won the gold medal in the individual dressage event as well as in the team dressage competition. He also participated with his horse Falkner in the individual jumping competition and finished 28th. As member of the German jumping team they finished seventh in the team jumping event.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Erik Eggers, Michael Wulzinger: Brauner Herrenreiter. Der Spiegel, no. 10/2013,2013-3-4, p. 119

References

  • Carl-Friedrich Freiherr von Langen: Reiten über Hindernisse, Olms Verlag, (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Kiel, Hannover 1931 u. 1933), reprint 1983, ISBN 3-487-08257-8, (German, autobiography)
  • Nele Maya Fahnenbruck: "...reitet für Deutschland": Pferdesport und Politik im Nationalsozialismus. Die Werkstatt, 15. März 2013, ISBN 978-3730700365 (German, dissertation University of Hamburg)
  • Langen, Carl-Friedrich Freiherr von – entry at Neue Deutsche Biographie
  • Joachim Puttkamer: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 100 berühmte Köpfe. Sutton Verlag 2011, ISBN 9783866808515, S. 102 (Auszug (Google), p. 102, at Google Books)

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