Episode 23: Mr Hagen Jahnich - Exclusive Pink Socks, The Fall Of The Berlin Wall, How Military Life Complements Good Orthopaedic Surgery

Hagen Jahnich is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in upper limb at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. A former officer in the East German Army, Hagen recounts the emotions surrounding the fall of the Berlin Wall, as well as performing his physical training with tank chains whilst preparing himself for international competition as an open water rower. Since then he has competed on national and international levels and won multiple national titles and remains the last ever East German National Champion in the lightweight double sculls and he has won the British National Championships, also having won six World Masters Regattas.

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