Paul Lange (canoeist)
Medal record | ||
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1960 Rome | K-1 4 × 500 m | |
World Championships | ||
1958 Prague | K-1 4 × 500 m | |
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
- 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
- 1936: Ernst Krebs (GER)
- 1948: Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
- 1952: Thorvald Strömberg (FIN)
- 1956: Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
- 1936: Germany (Paul Wevers and Ludwig Landen)
- 1948: Sweden (Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström)
- 1952: Finland (Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen)
- 1956: Hungary (János Urányi and László Fábián)
- 1936: Gregor Hradetzky (AUT)
- 1936: Sweden (Sven Johansson and Erik Bladström)
- 1960: United Team of Germany (Paul Lange, Günter Perleberg, Friedhelm Wentzke and Dieter Krause)
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