Józef Lankosz

Józef Lankosz
nation	Poland
birthday	1907
date of death	1986
Place of death	Zakopane,  Poland
Career
discipline	Nordic combined ski jumping
society	SN PTT Zakopane KTN Lwów
Medal table
PM Medals (SP) 1 × 0 × 0 × PM medals (NK) 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Polish championships gold 1927 Zakopane Single SP  Polish championships silver 1927 Zakopane Single NK

Józef Lankosz (* 1907 ; † 1986 in Zakopane , Poland ) was a Polish skier. In 1927 he became Polish champion in ski jumping.

Career

Lankosz was a member of the sports club SN PTT Zakopane .

After Lankosz long time participated only in second-class competitions, he won in February 1927 in the Polish Championships in ski jumping in Zakopane the championship. With jumps on 32.0 m, 36.0 m and 38.0 m, he prevailed against the competition after three rounds and led the podium in front of Władysław Żytkowicz and Andrzej Krzeptowski . Just a few weeks earlier he had set a new hill record with 49.5 meters on the Wielka Krokiew in Zakopane. In the Nordic Combined he was runner-up that year behind Bronisław Czech .

Just a year after his greatest sporting success, Lankosz moved to Yaremche in western Ukraine to study at Lviv University. For this reason he moved to KTN Lwów . In 1929 he was allowed to take part in the Nordic World Ski Championships , but Lankosz did not start for unknown reasons.

He ended his career shortly before the outbreak of World War II and became a doctor in Nowy Sącz . He received the Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland .

Web links

• Władysław Żytkowicz - Poczet skoczków polskich: Józef Lankosz - Skoczek z Jaszczurówki ... (Polish)