Paul Wevers

Olympic medal record
Men's canoe sprint
	1936 Berlin	K-2 10000 m

Paul Wevers (July 21, 1907 – March 6, 1941) was a German sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Wevers was killed during World War Two on March 6, 1941 in Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany when his plane crashed into the ground.

References

Olympic Champions in Men's discontinued kayak events

K-1 10000 metres	1936: Ernst Krebs (GER) 1948: Gert Fredriksson (SWE) 1952: Thorvald Strömberg (FIN) 1956: Gert Fredriksson (SWE)

K-2 10000 metres	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)

K-1 10000 metres folding	1936: Gregor Hradetzky (AUT)

K-2 10000 metres folding	1936: Sweden (Sven Johansson and Erik Bladström)

K-1 4x500 metre relay	1960: United Team of Germany (Paul Lange, Günther Perleberg, Friedhelm Wentzke and Dieter Krause)

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