Hans Eidenbenz (January 30, 1900 – August 29, 1987) was a Swiss

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...

skier who competed in the 1920s. Competing in two

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...

, his best finish was 15th in the Nordic combined event at

Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ( frp, Chamôni), more commonly known as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924. In 2019, it had ...

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China holds ...

. Eidenbenz also took the

Olympic Oath The Olympic Oath (distinct from the Olympic creed) is a solemn promise made by one athlete, judge or official, and one coach at the Opening Ceremony of each Olympic Games. Each oath taker is from the host nation and takes the oath on behalf of all ...

at the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...

in St. Moritz.

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IOC 1928 Winter Olympics
1900 births 1987 deaths Cross-country skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1924 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for Switzerland Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Switzerland Swiss male cross-country skiers Swiss male Nordic combined skiers Swiss male ski jumpers Oath takers at the Olympic Games {{Switzerland-skijumping-bio-stub