Paul Lange (canoeist)

Paul Lange
Medal record
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

  1. "1960 Summer Olympics Rome, Italy Canoeing" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 6 December 2008)
  2. Profile: Paul Lange sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 6 December 2008)


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