Alois "Wisel" Kälin (born 13 April 1939) is a former
Swiss Nordic skier who competed in the 1960s and 1970s. He won a Nordic combined silver at the
1968 Winter Olympics
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Grenoble
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and a bronze in the 4 x 10 km
cross-country skiing relay at the
1972 Winter Olympics
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Sapporo
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. Additionally he won a bronze medal in the Nordic combined at the
1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in
Oslo
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.
Kälin was the first Swiss to win a
Winter Olympic
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medal in Nordic skiing, earning his award on 11 February 1968, four days before his fellow countryman
Josef Haas would earn a bronze in the
50 km cross country event. He is also the last person to earn medals in both cross-country skiing and the Nordic combined at the
Winter Olympics
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1939 births
Living people
Nordic combined skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Nordic combined skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Swiss male Nordic combined skiers
Swiss male cross-country skiers
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
Olympic medalists in Nordic combined
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Olympic cross-country skiers for Switzerland
Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Switzerland
Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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