Wilhelm Josef Dick (10 September 1897 –1980) was a
Czechoslovak
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*A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93)
**First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38)
**Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39)
**Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60)
**Fourth Czechoslovak Repub ...
ski jumper
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who competed in the 1920s. He won two ski jumping medals at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
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with a gold in 1925 and a silver in 1927.
At the
1926 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships he competed for Germany under the name Willy Dick.
He was a
Sudeten German. After the
expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II he lived in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen and in 1952 he moved to
Wermelskirchen
Wermelskirchen (; Ripuarian: ''Wärmelßkirrshe'') is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, southeast of Remscheid. It is home to one of Europe's biggest live Christmas trees (measuring 26m).
Coat of arms
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in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...
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where he died in 1980.
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1897 births
1980 deaths
German male ski jumpers
Czechoslovak male ski jumpers
Sudeten German people
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
People from Vejprty
Sportspeople from the Ústí nad Labem Region
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