India at the 1964 Winter Olympics

India sent a delegation to compete at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria from 29 January to 9 February 1968. This was India's debut at the Winter Olympic Games. The sole athlete representing India was Jeremy Bujakowski, who competed in the men's downhill event in alpine skiing. He failed to finish the race, and went unranked in the competition.

India at the
1964 Winter Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websitewww.olympic.ind.in
in Innsbruck
Competitors1 in 1 sport
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Background

The Indian Olympic Association was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 31 December 1926.[1] However, by this time, they had already competed in three Summer Olympic Games, in 1900, 1920, and 1924.[2] India has participated in every Summer Olympics since 1920.[2] The 1964 Innsbruck Olympics marked India's debut at the Winter Olympic Games.[2] These Olympics were held from 29 January to 9 February 1964; a total of 1,091 athletes representing 36 National Olympic Committees took part.[3] Jeremy Bujakowski was the only athlete representing India in Innsbruck.[4]

Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Jeremy Bujakowski was 24 years old at the time of the Innsbruck Olympics, and was making his Olympic debut.[5] The Polish-born Bujakowski acquired Indian citizenship when his family moved there in the late 1940s, and later trained in the United States where he was educated at the University of Denver.[6][7][8] On 30 January, he participated in the men's downhill, but failed to finish his run; the gold medal was won by Egon Zimmermann of Austria, the silver by Léo Lacroix of France, and the bronze was taken by Wolfgang Bartels of the German Unified Team.[9] Bujakowski would go on to represent India at the 1968 Winter Olympics.[5]

Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Jeremy Bujakowski Downhill DNF –

See also

References
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