Janez Polda (25 May 1924 in
Mojstrana – 20 March 1964) was a Yugoslavian between ski jumper who competed between 1948 and 1956.
Career
He finished 41st in the individual large hill at 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 ...
in
Sankt Moritz
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, tied for 16th at the
1952 Winter Olympics in
Oslo
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and was 24th at the
1956 Games. Polda's best career finish was fifth in an individual normal hill event in
Austria
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in 1956.
Invalid ski jumping world record
Not recognized! Touch ground at world record distance.
References
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Olympic ski jumping results: 1948-60Biography in Slovene
Olympic ski jumpers for Yugoslavia
Ski jumpers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Yugoslav male ski jumpers
Slovenian male ski jumpers
1924 births
1964 deaths
People from the Municipality of Kranjska Gora
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