František Balvín (January 7, 1915 – October 20, 2003) was a Czechoslovak
cross-country skier who competed in the late 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s.
Competing in two
Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...
, he finished 11th in the 50 km event in
1948 and 21st in the 50 km event in
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
. He was born in
Nové Město na Moravě
Nové Město na Moravě (; german: Neustadt in Mähren) is a town in Žďár nad Sázavou District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,800 inhabitants. It is known as a winter sports resort. The historic town centre is we ...
,
Vysočina in the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
.
References
External links
Olympic 50 km cross country skiing results: 1948-64*
Olympic cross-country skiers of Czechoslovakia
Cross-country skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Czech male cross-country skiers
Czechoslovak male cross-country skiers
1915 births
2003 deaths
People from Nové Město na Moravě
Sportspeople from the Vysočina Region
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