Franz Portmann (born September 11, 1931) is a Canadian former

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

who competed in the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

. He was born in Escholzmatt.

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1931 births Living people Canadian male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Canada Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Swiss emigrants to Canada {{Canada-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub