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Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Augsburg, Germany | 30 May 1927||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 November 1956 Neuburg an der Donau, West Germany | (aged 29)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Werner Haas (German pronunciation: [ˈvɛʁnɐ haːs] ; 30 May 1927 – 13 November 1956) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. He became Germany's first motorcycle world champion when he won the 1953 FIM 125 and 250 World Championship for NSU.[1] The following year, he would repeat as the 250 world champion. Haas was killed in 1956 in a light plane accident in Germany.[2]