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Jun 10, 1906 Duisburg, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany Died on 01 Jan 2000 (aged 93)
German cyclist
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About Paul Krewer
- 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.
