Josef Adolf (14 May 1898 – 30 November 1951) was an

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Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympic ...

skier who competed for

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

in the 1920s. Adolf was born in Velká Úpa (

Pec pod Sněžkou Pec pod Sněžkou (; german: Petzer, pl, Pec pod Śnieżką) is a town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. The village lies at the base of the highest Czech mountain, Sněžka, in ...

), Austria-Hungary in May 1898. At the

1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France ...

he finished sixth in the Nordic combined event. He won a silver medal in the Nordic combined at the

1925 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1925 was the 1st official FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and took place between February 4–14, 1925 in Johannisbad (Janské Lázně), Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , ...

in Johannisbad. He died in

Viechtach Viechtach is a town in the district of Regen in Bavaria in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most p ...

, Germany on 30 November 1951, at the age of 53.František Kolář ''Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách'', ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, s. 64

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External links

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Josef Adolf's profile at Sports Reference.comJosef Adolf's profile at the Czech Olympic Committee
1898 births 1951 deaths People from Pec pod Sněžkou People from the Kingdom of Bohemia German Bohemian people Sudeten German people Czech male Nordic combined skiers Czechoslovak male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Czechoslovakia Nordic combined skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Sportspeople from the Hradec Králové Region {{nordic-skiing-bio-stub