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| Born | (1910-12-02)2 December 1910 Zlatá Olešnice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 July 1989(1989-07-17) (aged 78) Řendějov, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||
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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 was born in Zlatá Olešnice in December 1910. 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. He also competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics held in St. Moritz, and finished 36th in Nordic combined and 72nd in 18 km event.
He died in Řendějov on 17 July 1989, at the age of 78.
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.
- František Kolář Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách, ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, p. 313
External links
- 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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- People from Jablonec nad Nisou District
- People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
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- Ski jumpers at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- Nordic combined skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Nordic combined skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Nordic combined skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
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