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.

František Šimůnek
Šimůnek in 1934
Personal information
Born2 December 1910 (1910-12-02)
Zlatá Olešnice
Diedunknown

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

  1. Kulhánek, Otto (1987). Malá encyklopedie lyžování (in Czech). Prague: Olympia.
  2. 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.


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