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Gustav Flatow
1875Jan, 7

Gustav Flatow

Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)
Gustav Felix Flatow (7 January 1875 – 29 January 1945) was a German gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. Flatow was Jewish, and was born in Berent, West Prussia. In 1892, he moved to Berlin.

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