Klaus Ofner (born 15 August 1968 in

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skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the Nordic combined 3 x 10 km team event at the

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. Ofner also won two medals at the

1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991 took place between 7 and 17 February 1991 in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The women's 5 km was reintroduced after not being held in the previous championships. The men's 10 km was introduced in this c ...

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with gold in the 3 x 10 km team event and bronze in the 15 km individual event.

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* * 1968 births Living people Austrian male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Austria Nordic combined skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in Nordic combined FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics People from Murau Skiers from Styria 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{nordic-skiing-bio-stub