Paul Käser (8 August 1904 – ?) was a Swiss rower active in the 1920s and 1930s. Käser was born in 1904 and rowed for Seeclub Biel in the Swiss city of

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. He won his first European medal at the

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where the Swiss men's eight came second. At the 1925 European Rowing Championships in

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he became European champion with the men's eight. At the 1926 European Rowing Championships in

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he won a silver medal with the coxed four. With one rower having been replaced, the team again won silver at the

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in Como. At the

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, Käser won a silver medal with the coxless four. For the

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, was back in the coxed four where they won bronze. He always had the brothers

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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.

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1904 births Year of death missing Swiss male rowers Sportspeople from Biel/Bienne European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-rowing-bio-stub