Full name | Friedrich Adolf Traun | ||||||||||||||
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Country (sports) | German Empire | ||||||||||||||
Born | Wandsbek, German Empire | 29 March 1876||||||||||||||
Died | 11 July 1908 Wandsbek, German Empire | (aged 32)||||||||||||||
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Friedrich Adolf "Fritz" Traun (29 March 1876 – 11 July 1908) was a German athlete and tennis player.[1] Born into a wealthy family, he participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in men's doubles. He committed suicide after being accused of fathering a child out of wedlock.