Elfriede Kaun

German high jumper
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IntroGerman high jumper
PlacesGermany
wasAthlete
Work fieldSports
Gender
Female
Birth5 October 1914, Büttel, Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death5 March 2008Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (aged 93 years)
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Biography

Elfriede Kaun (5 October 1914 – 5 March 2008) was a German high jumper.

Born in Büttel, Steinburg, she won the bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Her personal best jump was 1.63 metres.

She competed for the sports club Kieler TV, and died in 2008 in Kiel. She was the last living German athlete who won a medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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