Adriaan Paulen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Adriaan Paulen

Dutch athlete and president of the IAAF

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1902

Place of Birth: Haarlem, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 09-May-1985

Profession: engineer, association football player, resistance fighter, middle-distance runner, sports administrator

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Adriaan "Adje" Paulen (12 October 1902, Haarlem – 9 May 1985, Eindhoven) was a Dutch athlete who competed from 1917 to 1931.
During World War II, he was part of the Dutch resistance in the Netherlands.
Following World War II, Paulen became a sports official, becoming president of the IAAF (then International Amateur Athletic Federation), serving from 1976 to 1981.