Josef Ponn (9 October 1906 – 8 June 1939) was a German

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. He competed in the men's 50 kilometre event 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 ...

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1906 births 1939 deaths German male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Germany Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing 20th-century German people Skiers from Bavaria {{Germany-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub