Juan Reccius

{{short description|Chilean triple jumper}}

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{{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}}

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{{Medal|Competition|South American Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold| 1935 Santiago | Triple jump}}

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Hans Werner "Juan" Reccius Ellwanger{{Cite web|last = Bennett|first = Sergio Ojeda|title = GENEALOGIA DE LA FAMILIA RECCIUS (RECK)|work = INMIGRANTES ALEMANES AL SUR DE CHILE|publisher = genealogía de Chile|date = 2009-05-21|url = http://www.genealog.cl/Alemanes/R/Reccius/|accessdate = 2010-07-09|language=es}} (April 9, 1911 – June 29, 2012){{cite web| url=http://www.soychile.cl/Valdivia/Sociedad/2012/06/30/102015/Fallecio-ex-seleccionado-olimpico-valdiviano-Juan-Reccius-Ellwanger.aspx |title=Falleció ex seleccionado olímpico valdiviano Juan Reccius Ellwanger |work=El Diario Austral de Los Ríos |date=2012-06-30 |accessdate=2012-07-01 |language=Spanish}} was a Chilean athlete who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He competed in the men's triple jump event, but did not advance beyond the qualifying round.{{cite web|last = Gjerde|first = Arild|author2=Jeroen Heijmans |author3=Bill Mallon |author4=Hilary Evans |title = Juan "Hans" Reccius Biography and Olympic Results|work = Olympics|publisher = Sports Reference.com|date = 2010|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/juan-reccius-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418064149/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/juan-reccius-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-18|accessdate = 2010-07-09}}

Born in Valdivia, Reccius graduated with a degree in engineering from the University of Chile in 1935, the same year that he was crowned South American champion in the triple jump, a title that his older brother Adolfo had held in 1920.{{Cite web|last = Moreno|first = Santiago|title = Campeones de Sudamérica Absolutos|publisher = triplesalto.com|date = 2010-02-11|url = http://www.triplesalto.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=248:campeones-de-sudamerica-absolutos&catid=85:medallistas&Itemid=65|accessdate = 2010-07-09|language = es|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110717101634/http://www.triplesalto.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=248:campeones-de-sudamerica-absolutos&catid=85:medallistas&Itemid=65|archivedate = 2011-07-17}} As of 2011 he was the last surviving member of the Chilean delegation from the Berlin Olympics{{Cite news|title = Coch local festeja el "Día del Olimpismo"|language = Spanish|publisher = Austral Valdivia|date = 2010-07-02|url = http://www.australdelosrios.cl/prontus4_nots/site/artic/20100702/pags/20100702000615.html|accessdate = 2010-07-09|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20130101094959/http://www.australdelosrios.cl/prontus4_nots/site/artic/20100702/pags/20100702000615.html|archivedate = 2013-01-01}} and he turned 100 on April 9, 2011.{{Cite news|title = Premiaron a atleta de 100 años|language = Spanish|publisher = Austral Valdivia|date = 2011-04-11|url = http://www.australdelosrios.cl/prontus4_nots/site/artic/20110411/pags/20110411022113.html|accessdate = 2011-04-11|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110904175448/http://www.australdelosrios.cl/prontus4_nots/site/artic/20110411/pags/20110411022113.html|archivedate = 2011-09-04}}