Heinz von Allmen (10 August 1913 – 11 November 2003 in

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) was a

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and cross-country skier.

World Championships medals

One of Wengen's most successful ski racers, Heinz von Allmen won the following races:"The Ski Champions of Wengen
Retrieved March 13, 2011 *

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- silver in Alpine combination *

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- bronze in downhill *

- bronze in Alpine combination Heinz also won the

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7 times and the Swiss Ski Championships 9 times.

Brothers

Heinz' two younger brothers, Marcel von Allmen and

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were also ski champions. Marcel was two-time winner of the Lauberhorn (1941 and 1944). Otto was 10 times Swiss ski champion, three times winner of the Lauberhorn, and champion of the Nordic/Alpine combined in 1944. The three brothers won 19 Swiss ski championship races, 19 Lauberhorn races, 4 World Championship races. In the period leading up to, and during, World War II, the brothers (along with Hans Schlunegger, also of Wengen), were champions in the combined Nordic/Alpine disciplines, which were dropped after the war because of the difficulty of training for all four events.The Years of War and the Years Afterwards, The Period of the Biggest Successes of the Ski Club Wengen
. Wengen Ski Club. Retrieved March 13, 2011

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Allmen, Heinz Von Swiss male alpine skiers 1913 births 2003 deaths Sportspeople from Bern Skiers from the canton of Bern 20th-century Swiss people