Paul Krewer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Krewer

German cyclist

Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1906

Place of Birth: Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2000

Profession: sport cyclist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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.