Paul Käser

Paul Käser (8 August 1904 – ?) was a Swiss rower active in the 1920s and 1930s.

Paul Käser

Personal information
Born	8 August 1904
Died	unknown
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Seeclub Biel
Medal record Men's rowing Representing   Switzerland European Rowing Championships 1923 Como Eight 1925 Prague Eight 1926 Lucerne Coxed four 1927 Como Coxed four 1930 Liège Coxless four 1931 Paris Coxed four

Käser was born in 1904[1] and rowed for Seeclub Biel in the Swiss city of Biel/Bienne.[2] He won his first European medal at the 1923 European Rowing Championships in Como where the Swiss men's eight came second. At the 1925 European Rowing Championships in Prague he became European champion with the men's eight.[3] At the 1926 European Rowing Championships in Lucerne he won a silver medal with the coxed four. With one rower having been replaced, the team again won silver at the 1927 European Rowing Championships in Como.[4] At the 1930 European Rowing Championships in Liège, Käser won a silver medal with the coxless four.[5] For the 1931 European Rowing Championships in Paris, was back in the coxed four where they won bronze.[4] He always had the brothers Karl and Hans Schöchlin as fellow rowers when he won European medals.

After his competitive career, Käser was a coach at his rowing club for several decades.[2][6][7]

References

1. "Paul Kaeser". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
2. Schöchlin, Peter (2010). "Nachruf Willy Bourquin" [Obituary Willy Bourquin] (PDF). Clubnews. Seeclub Biel (3): 19. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
3. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
4. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
5. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer o.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
6. "Pavel Schmidt erhählt den Bieler Kulturpreis 2013" [Pavel Schmidt receives the Bieler culture award 2013]. Seeclub Biel. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
7. Trittibach, Jürg (2017). "pavel schmidt: ruderer – künstler – vice versa" [pavel schmidt: rower – artist – vice versa] (PDF). Clubnews. Seeclub Biel (2): 34–36. Retrieved 30 June 2018.