Heinz-Rudolf Cranz (2 September 1918 – 22 June 1941) was a German
alpine skier who competed in 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 ...
.
He was born in
Uccle
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,
Belgium
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and died in Różaniec,
Przemyśl Voivodeship
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Major cities and towns (population in 1995)
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. He was the younger brother of
Christl Cranz.
In 1936 he finished sixth in the
alpine skiing combined event.
Only a few months after his last German National in 1941 Cruz was killed-in-action during
World War II
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on his first day of battle on the
Russian campaign in Rosaniec (Poland), where he served as a corporal in an Alpine division.
References
1918 births
1941 deaths
Olympic alpine skiers for Germany
Alpine skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
German Army personnel killed in World War II
German male alpine skiers
20th-century German people
German Army soldiers of World War II
People from Uccle
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