Alois Kälin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Alois Kälin

Nordic skier

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1939

Place of Birth: Einsiedeln, Central Switzerland, Switzerland

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

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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.