Paul Wyatt

Personal information
Full name	Paul H. Wyatt
National team	United States
Born	(1907-02-27)February 27, 1907 Brier Hill, Pennsylvania
Died	December 15, 1970(1970-12-15) (aged 63) Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Club	Uniontown YMCA
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1924 Paris 100 m backstroke 1928 Amsterdam 100 m backstroke

Paul H. Wyatt (February 27, 1907 – December 15, 1970) was an American competition swimmer and two-time Olympic medalist. Wyatt represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.^[1]

He was born in southwestern Pennsylvania in the small coal-mining community of Brier Hill, Pennsylvania.

In the 1924 Paris Olympics, he won a silver medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke event. Four years later, in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke for his third-place finish in the event.

Wyatt's middle name was "Knuth", which was his wife's maiden name. When he was married to then Juanita Knuth, he did not have a middle name. He took his wife's maiden name as his middle name. He also became a radiographer working in Nevada. His job led to his death of lymphoma.^{[citation needed]}

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

• Paul Wyatt – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com