Josef "Sepp" Kleisl (2 February 1929 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 ...
– 25 September 2008 in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen) was a
West German
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
ski jumper
Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...
who competed from 1952 to 1959. He finished tenth in the individual large hill event at the
1952 Winter Olympics in
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...
.
Kleisl's best individual career finish was seventh in an individual normal hill event in
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
in 1954.
References
External links
*
Sepp Kleisl's obituary
Olympic ski jumpers for Germany
Olympic ski jumpers for the United Team of Germany
Ski jumpers at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
German male ski jumpers
1929 births
2008 deaths
Sportspeople from Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Skiers from Upper Bavaria
20th-century German people
West German male skiers
{{Germany-skijumping-bio-stub