Josef Haas (born 3 August 1937) is a former a

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ...

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 ...

who competed in the late 1960s. He won the 50 km bronze at the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

in Grenoble. Haas was the first Swiss to earn a cross-country skiing Olympic medal.

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* * Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics 1937 births Living people Swiss male cross-country skiers Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics 20th-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub