Rudolf Höhnl (born 21 April 1946 in Pernink) is a

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

n former

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 fin ...

. He won the bronze medal in the individual large hill at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in

Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabit ...

. Höhnl also competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1968,

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

, and

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (, ) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 (), were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from February 4 to 15, 1976. The games were awarded to Inn ...

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* * * * Czechoslovak male ski jumpers Czech male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Czechoslovakia 1946 births Living people Ski jumpers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1976 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping People from Karlovy Vary District Skiers from the Karlovy Vary Region {{CzechRepublic-skijumping-bio-stub