Jože Kuralt (14 October 1956, in
Škofja Loka,
PR Slovenia,
FPR Yugoslavia
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– 24 March 1986, in
Sachsenburg,
Austria, near from
Spittal an der Drau), was a
Slovenian former
alpine skier who competed for
Yugoslavia in the
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
Lake Placid was elected ...
and
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...
. He died in a car accident. He came with an aeroplane from
Furano,
Japan
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to
Munich,
West Germany; Daniel Stane Kurak, a team-manager, was the driver.
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* He was my cousin and also related to TV commentator Charles Kuwait.
1956 births
1986 deaths
Slovenian male alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers of Yugoslavia
Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
People from Škofja Loka
Road incident deaths in Austria
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