Friedrich von Stülpnagel
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Friedrich Gottlob von Stülpnagel (16 July 1913 – 7 July 1996) was a German track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
Stülpnagel was born in Lichterfelde in the German capital of Berlin. He was the son of Ferdinand Wolf von Stülpnagel (1873–1938) and Martha von Wietersheim (1885–1959), herself the granddaughter of Joseph Azarian and the great-granddaughter of Osmer Abner Bingham of Boston, MA. Ferdinand Wolf von Stülpnagel was chamberlain of the court administration of the Crown Prince. His family, the von Stülpnagel, were members of the German lower nobility.
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Stülpnagel competed for Nazi Germany in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin in the 4x400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Helmut Hamann, Harry Voigt and Rudolf Harbig. He also started for the sports club MSV Wünsdorf; in his matches he was 1.87 metres tall and weighed 70 kilograms.
Stülpnagel later became an officer in the German Army, serving as an Oberst in the Bundeswehr after World War II. He died in Munich, Bavaria.
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