Elmar Rähn Explained

Elmar Rähn
Full Name:Elmar Emil Rähn
Nationality:Estonian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Decathlon
Birth Date:3 December 1904
Birth Place:Tartu, Estonia
Death Place:Melbourne, Australia

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elmar Rähn . Olympedia . 2 October 2021.
  2. Elmar Rähn Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175012/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/elmar-rahn-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 January 2018.
  3. http://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Elmar_R%E4hn EBSL