Carl Freiherr von Langen

Olympic medalist
German stamp
Medal record
Men's Equestrian
Gold	1928 Amsterdam	Individual dressage
Gold	1928 Amsterdam	Team dressage

Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Langen (25 July 1887 – 2 August 1934) 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]

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)

External links

• profile
• Carl von Langen-Parow - entry at sports-reference.com

Notes

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