Henri Rang
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Representing  Romania
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1936 Berlin | Individual jumping |
Henri Rang (8 June 1902 in Lugoj – 25 December 1946 in Iași) was a Romanian horse rider who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he and his horse Delfis won the silver medal in the individual jumping competition.[1]
He died in a motorcycle accident on Christmas Day 1946, riding his Zündapp sidecar, a gift from Adolf Hitler following his Olympics performance.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mincan, Mihai (13 June 2015). "Destinul nedrept și tragic al ultimului mare călăreț român". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
External links
[edit]- Henri Rang at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 February 2007)
- Henri Rang at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1902 births
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- Romanian male equestrians
- Show jumping riders
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- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Road incident deaths in Romania
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