Alfons Julen (20 February 1899 – 9 May 1988) was a cross country skier from
Zermatt
Zermatt (, ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Visp (district), Visp in the German language, German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a year-round population of about 5,800 and is cl ...
, Switzerland who competed in
military patrol
Military patrol is a team winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Formerly ski mountaineering was also part of the sport. It is usually contested between countries or milit ...
at the
first winter Olympics in Chamonix in 1924. The Swiss team, which consisted of
Alfred Aufdenblatten, Julen,
Anton Julen and
Denis Vaucher, finished first in the competition.
Julen competed in
cross country 18 km at the
1928 Winter Olympics
The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit ...
in St. Moritz, and in
military patrol
Military patrol is a team winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Formerly ski mountaineering was also part of the sport. It is usually contested between countries or milit ...
, which was a demonstration event in 1928.
[ He was brother of Anton Julen, and cousin of the Olympians Oswald Julen (Nordic combined) and Simon Julen (cross country skiing).
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1899 births
1988 deaths
Swiss military patrol (sport) runners
Swiss male cross-country skiers
Olympic biathletes for Switzerland
Military patrol competitors at the 1924 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
Sportspeople from Zermatt
Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics
Olympic cross-country skiers for Switzerland
Cross-country skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics
20th-century Swiss sportsmen
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