Werner Plath

{{short description|German swimmer}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|7|27}}

| birth_place = Berlin, Germany

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1945|1918}}

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{{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalGold| 1938 London | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 1938 London | 400 m freestyle}}

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Werner Plath (27 July 1918 – 1945) was a German swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Berlin.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pl/werner-plath-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417222236/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pl/werner-plath-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=5 May 2012}} He was executed during 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 |access-date=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}