Michael Kirchmann (14 August 1914 – 15 November 1942) was a German skier. He competed in the

military patrol Military patrol was a team winter sport in which athletes competed in cross-country skiing, ski mountaineering and rifle shooting. It was usually contested between countries or military units. The military patrol competition encompassed 25 kil ...

at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. He was killed in action during the

Siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad (russian: links=no, translit=Blokada Leningrada, Блокада Ленинграда; german: links=no, Leningrader Blockade; ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of L ...

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1914 births 1942 deaths People from Oberallgäu Sportspeople from Swabia (Bavaria) Skiers from Bavaria German military patrol (sport) runners Military patrol competitors at the 1936 Winter Olympics German military personnel killed in World War II Winter Olympics competitors for Germany {{Germany-wintersport-bio-stub