Karl JORDAN

Germany
Germany
Games Participations1
First Olympic GamesStockholm 1912

Biography

German gymnast Karl Jordan competed at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, finishing fourth in the team all-around event. He also finished fourth in the free system team all-around. The teams represented the Allgemeiner Akademischer Turnerbund Leipzig. Jordan was named professor of zoology, with a sub-specialty in entomology, at the Technical University of Dresden in 1949, retiring in 1957. Six species of the order of heteroptera (bugs) bear his name.

Olympic Results

Athlete Olympic Results Content

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