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Representing  Romania
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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. Winning Romania's 1st Olympic Medal
He died in a motorcycle accident on Christmas Day 1946, riding his Zündapp sidecar, a gift from Adolf Hitler following his Olympics performance.
References
- ^ Mincan, Mihai (13 June 2015). "Destinul nedrept și tragic al ultimului mare călăreț român". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
External links
- 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
- 1946 deaths
- Sportspeople from Timișoara
- Romanian male equestrians
- Show jumping riders
- Olympic equestrians for Romania
- Equestrians at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Romania
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Road incident deaths in Romania
- 20th-century Romanian sportsmen
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