{{Short description|American rower (born 1955)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Paul Enquist | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|December 13, 1955}} | birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S. | headercolor = lightsteelblue | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's rowing }} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold| 1984 Los Angeles | Men's double sculls }} }}

'''Paul N. Enquist''' (born December 13, 1955, in Seattle, Washington) is an American competition rower and Olympic champion an Olympic Games gold medalist.

Enquist won a gold medal in ''double sculls'' at the 1984 Summer Olympics, together with Brad Alan Lewis.<ref name=sports-ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/en/paul-enquist-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045137/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/en/paul-enquist-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Paul Enquist |accessdate=December 18, 2008}}</ref>

Enquist attended Washington State University from where he graduated in 1977 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.<ref>https://magazine.wsu.edu/web-extra/good-as-gold/</ref>

His rowing partner (Lewis) wrote a book about their success at the Olympic contest.<ref name=lewis-book>{{cite web|url=http://www.assaultonlakecasitas.com/ |title=Assault on Lake Casitas &ndash; a book by Brad Alan Lewis |accessdate=December 18, 2008 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226034212/http://assaultonlakecasitas.com/ |archivedate=December 26, 2008 }}</ref>

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{{Olympic champions – Men's double sculls}}

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