Matthias Wörndle (7 December 1909 – 15 October 1942) was a German cross-country skier. Wörndle was born in

Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the Ob ...

, where he was member of the ''Skiclub Partenkirchen'' (SCP) He was member of the Bronze teams at the first and second edition of the legendary

Trofeo Mezzalama The Mezzalama Trophy ( it, Trofeo Mezzalama, french: Trophée Mezzalama, a.k.a. ''white marathon''

race, in 1933 together with Willy Bogner and Gustav "Gustl" Müller,''Rielaborazione storia libro Camisasca''
and in 1934 together with Franz Fischer and Gustl Müller. 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 ...

he finished 24th in the 50 km event. Wörndle died in the

Pshish River Pshish (russian: Пшиш; ady, Пщыщ) is a river in Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Adygea of Russia. It is a left tributary of the Kuban. It is long, with a drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing su ...

in the Soviet Union, when he served in the army during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

.Matthias Wörndle
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1909 births 1942 deaths German male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Germany Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics German male ski mountaineers Sportspeople from Garmisch-Partenkirchen German Army personnel killed in World War II People from the Kingdom of Bavaria 20th-century German people Military personnel from Bavaria {{Skimountaineering-bio-stub