Anton "Tone" Pogačnik (January 4, 1919 – June 2013)
was a
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
n
cross-country skier who participated in the
1948 Winter Olympics
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...
in
St. Moritz,
Switzerland. He was born in
Jesenice
Jesenice (, german: Aßling''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru'', vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 144.) is a Slovenian town and the seat of the Municipality of Jesenice on the ...
. In the
Men's 18 km competition, he placed 56th with a time of 1'29:08. He also placed 9th with the
Yugoslavian team in the
Men's 4 × 10 km relay.
On April 26, 1946, Pogačnik fell nearly to his death on
Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia, after falling down a gap of 96 meters. He survived with no serious internal injuries. After becoming confused and lost in the fog, he had approached a dark section that he believed to be a rock structure, but was actually a drop. He landed on a snowy field between two rocky pillars and became stuck, having to wait several hours before being rescued. The next day, he descended the same route alone. Pogačnik celebrated his 90th birthday in 2009. His wife died in 1999.
From the death of
Karlo Umek
Karlo Umek (8 February 1917 – 25 September 2010) was a Slovenian Olympic shooter who represented Yugoslavia at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, competing in the Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres event, where he placed 22nd. He was born in Bojs ...
on September 25, 2010,
until his own, he was the oldest living Slovenian
Olympic
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athlete.
Karel Klančnik
Karel Klančnik (30 May 1917 in Mojstrana – 8 December 2009) was a Yugoslavian ski jumper who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He finished 23rd in the individual large hill at the 1948 Winter Olympics and tied for 29th in the same ...
died in 2009
References
1919 births
2013 deaths
Yugoslav male cross-country skiers
Slovenian male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Olympic cross-country skiers for Yugoslavia
Sportspeople from Jesenice, Jesenice
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