Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Langen (25 July 1887 in Klein Belitz – 2 August 1934 in Potsdam) 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.
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Carl-Friedrich Freiherr von Langen: Reiten über Hindernisse, Olms Verlag, (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Kiel, Hannover 1931 u. 1933), reprint 1983, , (German, autobiography) Nele Maya Fahnenbruck: "...reitet für Deutschland": Pferdesport und Politik im Nationalsozialismus. Die Werkstatt, 15. März 2013, (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, , S. 102 ()
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1887 births
1934 deaths
People from Rostock (district) People from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Barons of Germany German dressage riders German show jumping riders Olympic equestrians for Germany Equestrians at the 1928 Summer Olympics German male equestrians German Army personnel of World War I Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Sturmabteilung officers