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

, 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 {{Switzerland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub