Hans Straub (born 27 May 1928) is a

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who competed from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Competing in three

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, he was eliminated in the heats or repechage rounds at all three games. Straub's best finish was fourth in the repêchage round of the K-1 4 × 500 m event at

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Hans Straub's profile at Sports Reference.com
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* 1928 births Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Switzerland Possibly living people Swiss male canoeists {{Switzerland-canoe-bio-stub