František Šimůnek (2 December 1910 – 17 July 1989) was a

Czechoslovakian , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

Nordic skier Nordic skiing encompasses the various types of skiing in which the toe of the ski boot is fixed to the binding in a manner that allows the heel to rise off the ski, unlike alpine skiing, where the boot is attached to the ski from toe to heel. Re ...

who competed in the 1930s. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the

1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1933 took place on 8–12 February 1933 in Innsbruck, Austria. This event would also debut the 4 x 10 km relay. Men's cross country 18 km 10 February 1933 50 km 12 February 1933 4 × 10 km ...

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

. Šimůnek was born in Zlatá Olešnice in December 1910. He finished 8th in the Nordic combined and 23rd in ski jumping at the

1932 Winter Olympics The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Lake Placid 1932, were a winter multi-sport event in the United States, held in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February ...

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 The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the O ...

. He also competed in the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

held in

St. Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in ...

. He finished 36th in Nordic combined and 72nd in 18 km event. He died in Řendějov on 17 July 1989, at the age of 78.František Kolář ''Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách'', ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, p. 313

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Postcard of Šimůnek (5th one from the top)
1910 births 1989 deaths People from Jablonec nad Nisou District People from the Kingdom of Bohemia Czech male cross-country skiers Czech male ski jumpers Czech male Nordic combined skiers Czechoslovak male cross-country skiers Ski jumpers at the 1932 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Sportspeople from the Liberec Region {{CzechRepublic-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub