Paul Lange (canoeist)

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Paul Lange (born February 6, 1931 in Oberhausen ; † March 15, 2016 there ) was a German canoeist . He became Olympic champion in Rome in 1960 .

Life

The trained bricklayer launched for Turnerschaft Sterkrade 1869 in canoe racing . In 1957, Lange was part of the (West) German 4 × 500 meter relay in a single kayak and won silver at the European Championships in Ghent . In 1958 he became (West) German champion in single kayak on the 500-meter course. At the 1958 World Championships , he won gold with Meinrad Miltenberger , Fritz Briel and Helmut Herz in the relay and with Meinrad Miltenberger bronze in a two-man kayak . In 1959, Lange was European champion with the relay.

In 1960, Lange won his second (West) German championship in a single kayak over 500 meters. For the 1960 Olympic Games on Lake Albano , two canoeists from Germany, Friedhelm Wentzke and Paul Lange, and two canoeists from the GDR, Günter Perleberg and Dieter Krause , were registered for the relay . The relay won gold, making it the most successful all-German team. In 1961, Lange was again European champion with the relay.

Lange is the only Olympic champion from Oberhausen so far.

literature

  • Bodo Harenberg (editorial): The stars of the sport from A-Z . Darmstadt 1970
  • Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .

Web links

  • Paul Lange in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (with wrong month of birth)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Lange, obituary notice . Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , March 18, 2016, accessed on March 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ Laura Piekenäcker: What a career! Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , August 28, 2010, accessed on March 20, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Long, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German canoeists
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberhausen
DATE OF DEATH 15th March 2016
Place of death Oberhausen