František Šimůnek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

František Šimůnek

ski jumper

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1910

Place of Birth: Zlatá Olešnice, Liberec Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: ski jumper, Nordic combined skier, cross-country skier

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

František Šimunek (born 2 December 1910 in Zlatá Olešnice date of death unknown) was a Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in the 1930s.
He won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Innsbruck. Šimunek finished 8th in the Nordic combined and 23rd in ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
Four years later he finished 5th in both the 4 x 10 km cross-country and the Nordic combined, and 11th in the 18 km cross-country event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Šimunek competed also in the 1948 Winter Olympics held in St.
Moritz.
He finished 36th in Nordic combined and 72nd in 18 km event.