Paul Lange (canoeist)

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). 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.

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Paul Lange's obituary

1931 births

2016 deaths

Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics

German male canoeists

Olympic canoeists for the United Team of Germany

Olympic gold medalists for the United Team of Germany

Olympic medalists in canoeing

Sterkrade

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak

Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Sportspeople from Oberhausen