Alois Kälin

nation

Switzerland

birthday

13th April 1939 (age 81)

place of birth

Einsiedeln , Switzerland

size

170 cm

Weight

61 kg

Career

discipline

Nordic combined skiing

status

resigned

Medal table

Olympic medals	0 ×	1 ×	1 ×
World Cup medals	0 ×	0 ×	2 ×

winter Olympics
silver	1968 Grenoble	NK single
bronze	1972 Sapporo	CC 4 × 10 km
Nordic World Ski Championships
bronze	1966 Oslo	NK single
bronze	1972 Sapporo	CC 4 × 10 km

Alois "Wisel" Kälin (born April 13, 1939 in Einsiedeln ) is a former Swiss skier who took part in Nordic combined and cross-country skiing in the 1960s and 1970s.

Career

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 1966 he won the bronze medal behind the Germans Georg Thoma and Franz Keller , and at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble he was second behind Keller in the Nordic combined. With the Swiss 4x10 km cross-country relay, he won another bronze medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo .

Kälin was the first Swiss to reach a podium in the Nordic disciplines at the Winter Olympics. He is also the last athlete ever to win Olympic medals in both cross-country skiing and Nordic combined. Today he is the owner of a sports shop in Einsiedeln (“Wisel Kälin Sport”).

During his active career, Kälin won the Swiss championship title in Nordic Combined four times, for example in Château-d'Oex in 1962 , in Einsiedeln in 1963 , in Andermatt in 1966 and again in Einsiedeln in 1967.

Kälin's brother Stefan Kälin was active as an alpine ski racer and also competed in the Olympic Games.

Web links

Alois Kälin in the database of the International Ski Federation (English) - Nordic Combined
Alois Kälin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ 56th Swiss Ski Championships, Nordic Disciplines Château-d'Oex. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association. Volume LVI, 1962/63. Pp. 69-75.
↑ 57th Swiss Ski Championships, Nordic Disciplines Einsiedeln. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association. Volume LVI, 1962/63. Pp. 89-94.
↑ 60th Swiss Ski Championships, Nordic Disciplines Andermatt. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association. Volume LVIII, 1966/67/68. Pp. 68-70.
↑ 61st Swiss Ski Championships, Nordic Disciplines Einsiedeln. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association. Volume LVIII, 1966/67/68. Pp. 87-90.

personal data
SURNAME	Kälin, Alois
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kälin, Wisel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss skier
DATE OF BIRTH	April 13, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Einsiedeln , Switzerland

[1] 56th Swiss Ski Championships, Nordic Disciplines Château-d'Oex. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association. Volume LVI, 1962/63. Pp. 69-75.

[2] 57th Swiss Ski Championships, Nordic Disciplines Einsiedeln. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association. Volume LVI, 1962/63. Pp. 89-94.

[3] 60th Swiss Ski Championships, Nordic Disciplines Andermatt. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association. Volume LVIII, 1966/67/68. Pp. 68-70.

[4] 61st Swiss Ski Championships, Nordic Disciplines Einsiedeln. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association. Volume LVIII, 1966/67/68. Pp. 87-90.