Paul Krauß

{{Infobox skier

|name= Paul Krauß

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|nationality = {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1917|10|18}}

|birth_place = Johanngeorgenstadt, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1942|2|15|1917|10|18}}{{Olympedia|88608}}

|death_place = Borovichi, Soviet Union

|personalbest = {{convert|112|m|ft|abbr=on}}
Planica, King. of Yugoslavia
(2 March 1941)

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Paul Krauß (18 October 1917 – 15 February 1942) was a German ski jumper.

Career

In 1941 on Bloudkova velikanka in Planica at Smuški poleti Week event, he set only a personal best with 112 metres (367 ft) and not world record as it was misconception for many years.{{cite web|title=Nov svetovni in nov jugoslovenski rekord v Planici — Chapter: Rezultati|url=http://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-F682TGL9/d10405cb-573a-46f9-a9c3-bcebf6dcbace/PDF|publisher=Slovenski narod|date=3 March 1941|language=sl}}{{cite web|title=Novi svetovni rekord v Planici — Chapter:Serija senzacij|url=http://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-PYINZO81/ca478cb1-23d4-4cf4-b5ba-7f84efd8642f/PDF|publisher=Jutro|date=3 March 1941|language=sl|access-date=5 April 2020|archive-date=28 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328010329/http://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-PYINZO81/ca478cb1-23d4-4cf4-b5ba-7f84efd8642f/PDF|url-status=live}} He took 43rd place on normal hill at 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/paul-krauss-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417222456/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/paul-krauss-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Paul Krauß Olympic Results |accessdate=24 August 2019}} Krauß died as a soldier on the Eastern Front (World War II).{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}

Winter Olympics

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Rank ! Location ! Year ! Hill
18 \|{{Flagicon\|Germany\|1935}} Garmisch-Partenkirchen \|1936 \|normal

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! Year

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|{{Flagicon|Germany|1935}} Garmisch-Partenkirchen

|1936

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