Marten von Barnekow (18 March 1900 in

Bromberg Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its left-bank tributary, the Brda, the strategic location of Bydgoszcz has made it an inland ...

– 29 January 1967 in

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) was a German

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and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in

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with the German team at the

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in Berlin.

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1900 births 1967 deaths Sportspeople from Bydgoszcz German male equestrians Olympic equestrians for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Equestrians at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub