Paul Krewer

{{Short description|German cyclist (1906–2000)}}

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{{MedalCompetition|UCI Motor-paced World Championships}}

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Paul Krewer (10 June 1906 – 2000) was a German professional cyclist who won two silver and one bronze medals at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1927, 1929 and 1934.

After attending a school in Duisburg, he moved to Cologne to work at his father's bicycle shop. There, aged 16, he started biking. In 1926 he turned professional and by then was a top German cyclist. In 1927 he won his first medal at the world championships riding with pacer Christian Junggeburth. In 1929 while driving in a car in Bonn they crashed into a tram. Junggeburth was seriously injured and died several days later in a hospital of blood poisoning.

Krewer died aged 94, nearly forgotten in Cologne. His elder brother Hans was also a cyclist. He died of appendicitis in 1933, aged 20.

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[http://www.radsportseiten.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8513 Paul Krewer]. radsportseiten.net

[http://www.bikecult.com/bikecultbook/sports_trackWorlds.html Track Cycling World Championships 2012 to 1893]. bikecult.com

Illustrierter Radrenn-Sport, 17 February 1933

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Category:1906 births

Category:2000 deaths

Category:German male cyclists

Category:Sportspeople from Duisburg

Category:Cyclists from Düsseldorf (region)

Category:20th-century German sportsmen