Hippolyt Kempf

Hippolyt Kempf (born 10 December 1965 in Lucerne) is a Swiss Nordic combined skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Hippolyt Kempf

Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Olympic Games
1988 Calgary15 km individual
1988 Calgary3 x 10 km team
1994 Lillehammer3 x 10 km team
World Championships
1989 Lahti3 x 10 km team

He won a complete set of Olympic medals, earning two of them at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary (gold: 15 km individual, silver: 3 x 10 km team) and the third at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer (bronze: 3 x 10 km team).

Kempf also earned a 3 x 10 km team silver medal at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.

Awards
Preceded by
Werner Günthör
Swiss Sportsman of the Year
1988
Succeeded by
Tony Rominger


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