František Šimůnek
František Šimůnek (born 2 December 1910 in Zlatá Olešnice,[1] date of death unknown) was a Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in the 1930s. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Innsbruck.
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| Born | 2 December 1910 Zlatá Olešnice | |||||||||||||
| Died | unknown | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Šimůnek finished 8th in the Nordic combined and 23rd in ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Four years later he finished 5th in both the 4 x 10 km cross-country and the Nordic combined, and 11th in the 18 km cross-country event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.[2]
He competed also in the 1948 Winter Olympics held in St. Moritz. He finished 36th in Nordic combined and 72nd in 18 km event.[2]
References
- Kulhánek, Otto (1987). Malá encyklopedie lyžování (in Czech). Prague: Olympia.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "František Šimůnek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
External links
- Frantisek Simunek at the International Ski Federation
- František Šimůnek at the Český olympijský výbor (in Czech)
- Postcard of Šimůnek (5th one from the top) (in Czech)
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