Vladimír Novák (2 February 1904 – 28 April 1986) was a

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who competed for

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in the 1920s and in the 1930s. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the

1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1933 took place on 8–12 February 1933 in Innsbruck, Austria. This event would also debut the 4 x 10 km relay. Men's cross country 18 km 10 February 1933 50 km 12 February 1933 4 × 10 km ...

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. At the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit ...

he finished twelfth in the 18 kilometre cross-country skiing event. Four years later Novak finished 11th in the 50 kilometre event and 14th in the shorter cross-country skiing event at the

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Winter Olympic 18 km results: 1924-32
1904 births 1986 deaths Czech male cross-country skiers Czechoslovak male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Czechoslovakia Cross-country skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing {{CzechRepublic-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub