František Šimůnek (2 December 1910 – 17 July 1989) 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.
 Šimůnek in 1934 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 2 December 1910 Zlatá Olešnice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 July 1989 (aged 78) Řendějov, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Šimůnek was born in Zlatá Olešnice in December 1910.[1] He 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 also competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics held in St. Moritz. He finished 36th in Nordic combined and 72nd in 18 km event.[2]
References
edit- ^ Kulhánek, Otto (1987). Malá encyklopedie lyžování (in Czech). Prague: Olympia.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ František Kolář Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách, ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, p. 313
External links
edit- Frantisek Simunek at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- František Šimůnek at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)
- František Šimůnek at Olympic.cz (in Czech) (archived)
- Postcard of Šimůnek (5th one from the top) (in Czech)
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