![Dora Ratjen competed for Germany in the women's high jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth, but was later determined to be male and/or intersex : r/Damnthatsinteresting Dora Ratjen competed for Germany in the women's high jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth, but was later determined to be male and/or intersex : r/Damnthatsinteresting](https://i.redd.it/yy06ge9n69z91.png)
Dora Ratjen competed for Germany in the women's high jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth, but was later determined to be male and/or intersex : r/Damnthatsinteresting
![TIL after Dora Ratjen broke the worlds women's high jump record in 1938 - it was discovered she was really a man. Horst Ratjen claimed the Nazis ordered him to pose as TIL after Dora Ratjen broke the worlds women's high jump record in 1938 - it was discovered she was really a man. Horst Ratjen claimed the Nazis ordered him to pose as](https://external-preview.redd.it/ZOgfHJle9aL47I8ArpS4UnyyqlfjpQJRpKUJjbsBPqs.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=12c07e6aa471f6f339c3f44f9d7aa29e9c278437)
TIL after Dora Ratjen broke the worlds women's high jump record in 1938 - it was discovered she was really a man. Horst Ratjen claimed the Nazis ordered him to pose as
![Dora Ratjen, a German Olympic athlete, who was arrested at a train station on suspicion of being a man in a dress, 1938 - Rare Historical Photos Dora Ratjen, a German Olympic athlete, who was arrested at a train station on suspicion of being a man in a dress, 1938 - Rare Historical Photos](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HjUfAwvNXPQ/V6gKS9OIbOI/AAAAAAAAKw0/YXB6CAtAARs44-ecSvyilWL_JkdqBKPBgCLcB/s1600/dora_ratjen_olympics.jpg)
Dora Ratjen, a German Olympic athlete, who was arrested at a train station on suspicion of being a man in a dress, 1938 - Rare Historical Photos
![1938: Dora Ratjen, German Olympic athlete, who was arrested at a train station, they thought it was a guy in a dress. - WTF 1938: Dora Ratjen, German Olympic athlete, who was arrested at a train station, they thought it was a guy in a dress. - WTF](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9b/07/5e/9b075ea722be18f2459a4d34b2f9eabb.jpg)