Urban Hettich (born 2 March 1953 in

Schonach im Schwarzwald Schonach im Schwarzwald is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Sport Winter sports, especially Nordic combined and cross-country skiing, have a great influence on Schonach. In every year, Schonach is a ...

) is 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 ...

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 ...

competitor and cross-country skier who was active during the 1970s. His best-known finish was a silver at the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label= Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

in Innsbruck in the Individual event. Hettich also finished seventh in the men's 4 x 10 km relay at the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Euro ...

Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous cit ...

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* * German male Nordic combined skiers German male cross-country skiers Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic Nordic combined skiers for West Germany 1953 births Living people Olympic medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics People from Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Sportspeople from Freiburg (region) Skiers from Baden-Württemberg Olympic cross-country skiers for West Germany West German male cross-country skiers {{Nordic-skiing-bio-stub