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Nationality | Swiss | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | 9 October 1855 | ||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 October 1930 Berlin, Germany |
(aged 74)||||||||||||||||||
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Class(es) | 1 — 2 ton | ||||||||||||||||||
Club | Berliner Yacht-Club | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 8 May 2015. |
Paul Wiesner (9 October 1855 – 1 October 1930) was a German sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
He was the helmsman of the German boat Aschenbrödel, which won the gold medal in the second race of 1 – 2 ton class and silver medal in the open class. He also participated in the ½—1 ton class, but his boat Aschenbrödel weighed in at 1.041 tons instead of less than a 1 ton, and he was disqualified.