František Šimůnek (2 December 1910 – 17 July 1989) was a

Czechoslovakian , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

Nordic skier who competed in the 1930s. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Innsbruck. Šimůnek was born in Zlatá Olešnice in December 1910. He finished 8th in the

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 ...

and 23rd in

ski jumping 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 fina ...

at the

1932 Winter Olympics The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Lake Placid 1932, were a winter multi-sport event in the United States, held in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February ...

in Lake Placid. Four years later he finished 5th in both the 4 x 10 km cross-country and the

, and 11th in the 18 km cross-country event at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He also competed in the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

held in St. Moritz. He finished 36th in Nordic combined and 72nd in 18 km event. He died in Řendějov on 17 July 1989, at the age of 78.František Kolář ''Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách'', ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, p. 313

References

External links

* *
Postcard of Šimůnek (5th one from the top)
1910 births 1989 deaths People from Jablonec nad Nisou District People from the Kingdom of Bohemia Czech male cross-country skiers Czech male ski jumpers Czech male Nordic combined skiers Czechoslovak male cross-country skiers Ski jumpers at the 1932 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Sportspeople from the Liberec Region {{CzechRepublic-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub