Adriaan Paulen, known as Adje, was a Dutch athlete and later sports official, born on 12 October 1902 and died on 9 May 1985. He competed from 1917 to 1931 and took part in three Summer Olympics, with his best result a seventh place in the 800 metres at Antwerp in 1920. In 1924 he set a record over 500 metres, then an official distance, at the Bislett stadion in Oslo, and he also served on the organizing committee of the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. During the Second World War he was part of the Dutch resistance, was sentenced to death after refusing to give the Germans a list of strikers at the Dutch State Mines, and was soon released. After the war he helped rebuild the IAAF and served as its president from 1976 to 1981, leading the fight against doping in athletics.
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was a Dutch athlete who competed from 1917 to 1931.
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Born 12 October 1902 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland NED
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A six-time national champion (four times 400 m, twice 800 m)
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was a Dutch athlete who competed from 1917 to 1931.
Competed In: 1920 Summer Olympics, Sporting career
Paulen earned his best finish of seventh in the 800 m event at Antwerp in 1920.
Competed In: 1928 Summer Olympics, Sporting career, 1928
Besides competing at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Paulen was also a member of the Organizing Committee.
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