Michael Alan Devecka (born November 13, 1947, in

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) is an American former

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...

skier who competed in the

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, and in the

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. His daughter from his relationship with

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, a Catholic sister based in

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, England, where she has served as Sister Catherine, and a former speed skater.

References

1947 births Living people American male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers for the United States Nordic combined skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics {{US-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub