František Balvín
František Balvín 
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| birthday | November 7, 1915 | |||||||||
| place of birth | Nové Město na Moravě , Czechoslovakia | |||||||||
| date of death | October 20, 2003 | |||||||||
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| society | Sokol Nové Město | |||||||||
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František Balvín (born November 7, 1915 in Nové Město na Moravě ; † October 20, 2003 ) was a Czechoslovak cross-country skier .
Career
Balvín, who started for Sokol Nové Město, was Czechoslovakian champion in 1937 with the team in Špindlerův Mlýn . In 1940 he repeated this success at the championships in Pustevny , where the team also included the Olympic bobsledder František Zajíček . At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz , he crossed the finish line in eleventh place over the 50 km individual distance. Together with Štefan Kovalčík , Jaroslav Zajíček and Jaroslav Cardal , he reached eighth place in the relay race over 4 × 10 km. Four years later at the Winter Olympics in 1952 in the Norwegian Oslo started Balvín only in the individual race over 50 kilometers and crossed the line in 21st.
Web links
- František Balvín in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- František Balvín on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
- František Balvín at the Český olympijský výbor (Czech)
Individual evidence
- ^ František Zajíček. In: skivm.cz. Retrieved April 1, 2019 (Czech).
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| SURNAME | Balvín, František |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak cross-country skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nové Město na Moravě , Czechoslovakia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 2003 |