Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
German Prussian gymnastics educator and nationalist (1778ā1852) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Jahn (11 August 1778 ā 15 October 1852) was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist whose writing is credited with the founding of the German gymnastics (Turner) movement as well as influencing the German Campaign of 1813, during which a coalition of German states effectively ended the occupation by Napoleon's First French Empire. His admirers know him as "Turnvater Jahn", roughly meaning "Father of Gymnastics Jahn".[1] Jahn invented the parallel bars, rings, high bar, the pommel horse and the vault horse.
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Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Jahn | |
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Born | (1778-08-11)11 August 1778 |
Died | 15 October 1852(1852-10-15) (aged 74) Freyburg, Province of Saxony, Prussia |
Nationality | German |
Other names | "Turnvater Jahn" |
Occupation(s) | Gymnastics educator and nationalist |
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