Oskar Schulz (14 October 1923 – 20 September 2017) was an
Austrian
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 1950s. He finished 48th in the 18 km event at the
1952 Winter Olympics
The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 ...
in
Oslo. Four years later he was a member of the Austrian relay team which finished eleventh in the 4 x 10 km relay event.
He later was a professor at the Institute for Mineralogy and Petrography at the
University of Innsbruck
The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669.
...
. In 1990, he was made a founding member of the
European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
[ Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender online]
References
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18 km Olympic cross country results: 1948-52*
1923 births
2017 deaths
Austrian male cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers for Austria
Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Academic staff of the University of Innsbruck
Austrian mineralogists
20th-century Austrian people
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