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Long, Luz, 1913-1943

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Personal name headingLong, Luz, 1913-1943
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Associated countryGermany
LocatedLeipzig (Germany)
Birth date19130427
Death date19430714
Field of activityBroad jump
Profession or occupationOlympic athletes
Found inLong, Kai-Heinrich. Luz Long, 2015: title page (Luz Long) page 12, etc. (Carl Ludwig "Luz" Hermann Long, born April 27, 1913 in Leipzig)
Wikipedia, viewed July 6, 2016 (Carl Ludwig "Lu(t)z" Long, born 27 April 1913; died 14 July 1943; German Olympic long-jumper, notable for winning Silver in the event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and for reputedly giving advice to his competitor, Jesse Owens, who went on to win the gold medal for the broad jump as a result of Long's advice;won the German long jump championship six times in 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939; killed in action serving in the German Army during World War II)