Personal information | |
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Full name | Elmar Emil Rähn |
Nationality | Estonian |
Born | Tartu, Estonia | 3 December 1904
Died | 3 January 1966 Melbourne, Australia | (aged 61)
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Decathlon |
Elmar Rähn (3 December 1904 – 3 January 1966) was an Estonian athlete. [1] He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1924 Summer Olympics. [2] In 1944, during World War II, Rähn fled to Germany and then emigrated to Australia in 1947 where he worked as a sports instructor. [3]
Despite his healthy occupation, he died in 1966 aged only 61, of an intracerebral haemorrhage.
Personal information | |
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Full name | Elmar Emil Rähn |
Nationality | Estonian |
Born | Tartu, Estonia | 3 December 1904
Died | 3 January 1966 Melbourne, Australia | (aged 61)
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Decathlon |
Elmar Rähn (3 December 1904 – 3 January 1966) was an Estonian athlete. [1] He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1924 Summer Olympics. [2] In 1944, during World War II, Rähn fled to Germany and then emigrated to Australia in 1947 where he worked as a sports instructor. [3]
Despite his healthy occupation, he died in 1966 aged only 61, of an intracerebral haemorrhage.