František Šimůnek

For the Czech Olympic weightlifter, see František Šimůnek (weightlifter).

František Šimůnek

Šimůnek in 1934
Personal information
Born	(1910-12-02)2 December 1910 Zlatá Olešnice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died	17 July 1989(1989-07-17) (aged 78) Řendějov, Czechoslovakia
Medal record Men's cross-country skiing Representing  Czechoslovakia World Championships 1933 Innsbruck 4 x 10 km

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.[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, and finished 36th in Nordic combined and 72nd in 18 km event.[2]

He died in Řendějov on 17 July 1989, at the age of 78.[3]

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.
3. 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)