Paul Lange (canoeist)

Paul Lange
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome K-1 4 × 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1958 Prague K-1 4 × 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Prague K-2 500 m

Paul Lange (6 February 1931 – 15 March 2016) was a West German-German sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4 × 500 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome (with Dieter Krause, Günther Perleberg and Friedhelm Wentzke).[1][2] Lange also won two medals at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague with a gold in the K-1 4 × 500 m and a bronze in the K-2 500 m events. He was born in Oberhausen.

References

  1. ^ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Canoeing" Archived 2010-09-20 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 6 December 2008)
  2. ^ Profile: Paul Lange sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 6 December 2008)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Paul Lange's obituary (in German)
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Olympic Champions in Men's discontinued kayak events
K-1 10000 metres
K-2 10000 metres
K-1 10000 metres foldingK-2 10000 metres folding
K-1 4x500 metre relay
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