Herbert Leupold (20 June 1908 – 22 December 1942) was a German cross country skier and

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...

who competed in the 1930s. Leupold was born in Wüstewaltersdorf. He was killed during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

in Navaginskaya,

Krasnodar Krai Krasnodar Krai (russian: Краснода́рский край, r=Krasnodarsky kray, p=krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of t ...

. Leupold won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the

1934 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1934 took place on February 20–25, 1934 in Sollefteå, Sweden. Men's cross country 18 km February 22, 1934 50 km February 24, 1934 4 × 10 km relay February 25, 1934 Germany's silver was the ...

Sollefteå Sollefteå () is a locality and the seat of Sollefteå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 8,562 inhabitants in 2010. The earliest written account on Sollefteå is found in a script dating back to 1270. During this time the name o ...

. 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 ...

, in the rank of a

Leutnant () is the lowest Junior officer rank in the armed forces the German (language), German-speaking of Germany (Bundeswehr), Austrian Armed Forces, and military of Switzerland. History The German noun (with the meaning "" (in English "deputy") fro ...

, he was a member of the German relay team which finished sixth in the 4x10 km relay competition. He also participated in the demonstration event,

military patrol Military patrol was a team winter sport in which athletes competed in cross-country skiing, ski mountaineering and rifle shooting. It was usually contested between countries or military units. The military patrol competition encompassed 25 kil ...

(precursor to

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...

). His German team finished fifth in the military patrol event. Furthermore Leupold was German 50 km cross-country skiing champion in 1936, 1937 and 1939.Skilanglauf - Deutscher Meister

References

External links

*

1908 births 1942 deaths People from Wałbrzych County People from the Province of Lower Silesia German military patrol (sport) runners German male cross-country skiers Olympic biathletes for Germany Olympic cross-country skiers for Germany Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Military patrol competitors at the 1936 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing German military personnel killed in World War II 20th-century German people Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship {{Germany-biathlon-bio-stub