Baldur Preiml (8 July 1939 – 27 January 2025) was an Austrian

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 ...

who competed from 1960 to 1968. His best-known finish was a Bronze medal in the Individual Normal Hill at the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. The 1968 Winter Games marked the first time ...

Grenoble Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...

. Preiml died in

Spittal an der Drau Spittal an der Drau is a town in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia (state), Carinthia. It is the administrative centre of Spittal an der Drau District, Austria's second largest district (''Districts of Austria, Bezirk'') b ...

Carinthia Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main ...

on 27 January 2025, at the age of 85.

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* * * 1939 births 2025 deaths Austrian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Ski jumpers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics Winter World University Games medalists in ski jumping People from Spittal an der Drau District FISU World University Games gold medalists for Austria Competitors at the 1964 Winter Universiade Skiers from Carinthia 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-skijumping-bio-stub