Jacques Person

{{short description|German sprinter}}

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| birth_name = Jakob Person

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|5|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Zabern, German Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1915|7|15|1889|5|1|df=yes}}

| death_place = Flanders, Belgium

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| sport = Track and field

| event = 400 metres
800 metres

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Jakob "Jacques" Person (1 May 1889 – 15 July 1915) was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/jacques-person-1.html |title=Jacques Person |accessdate=26 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203191831/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/jacques-person-1.html |archivedate= 3 December 2016 }} In 1912 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 400 metres competition. In the 800 metres event he was eliminated in the first round.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70445 |title=Jacques Person |work=Olympedia |access-date=18 April 2021}}

He was killed in action during World War I.{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=26 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107022804/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archivedate= 7 November 2014 }}