Alois Kälin

Alois Kälin
Medal record
Men's nordic skiing
Representing   Switzerland
Olympic Games
1968 Grenoble Nordic combined
1972 Sapporo Cross country 4 x 10 km
World Championships
1966 OsloNordic combined

Alois "Wisel" Kälin (born April 13, 1939) is a former Swiss Nordic skier who competed in the 1960s and 1970s. He won a Nordic combined silver in the at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble and a bronze in the 4 x 10 km cross-country skiing relay at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Additionally he won a bronze medal in the Nordic combined at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo.

Kälin was the first Swiss to win a Winter Olympic medal in Nordic skiing, earning his award on February 11, 1968, four days before his fellow countryman Josef Haas would earn a bronze in the 50 km cross country event. He is also the last person to earn medals in both cross-country skiing and the Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics.

References

  • Alois Kaelin at the International Ski Federation (Nordic combined results)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Alois Kälin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.


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