Willie Jahn
Willie Jahn 
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| Full name | Wilhelm Hans Jahn |
| nation |
.svg){kind=small} German Empire
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| birthday | February 27, 1889 |
| place of birth |
Magdeburg , German Empire
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| date of death | January 24, 1973 |
| Place of death |
Hanover , Federal Republic of Germany
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| Career | |
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| discipline | Middle distance run |
| society | Helios Berlin |
Wilhelm Hans "Willie" Jahn (born February 27, 1889 in Magdeburg ; † January 24, 1973 in Hanover ) was a German middle -distance runner who specialized in the 800-meter distance and an activist of the Wandervogel .
At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, he was eliminated in advance. He set his personal best of 1: 56.6 minutes on May 19, 1912.
In 1910 he split off from the Alt-Wandervogel with Wilhelm Jansen and founded the Jung-Wandervogel. The songs he composed made a significant contribution to the movement.
Publications
- Young courage. Wartime lute songs. Matthes, Leipzig 1916.
- Bivouac and campfire. Old and new songs with lute phrases. Wolff, Plauen 1935.
- Songs of the young migrating birds. Book 2: Songs from Fifty Years. Drawings by A. Paul Weber . Voggenreiter, Bad Godesberg 1959.
Web links
- Willie Jahn in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Jahn, Willie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jahn, Wilhelm Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German middle-distance runner and activist of the Wandervogels |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1973 |
| Place of death | Hanover |