Karel Klančnik

Karel Klančnik
Albin Jakopič , Franc Pribošek and Karel Klančnik (1935)
nation	Yugoslavia
birthday	May 30, 1917
place of birth	Masters in Upper Carniola ,  Austria-Hungary
date of death	December 8, 2009
Place of death	Mojstrana ,  Slovenia
Career
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Four Hills Tournament	19th ( 1953 )

Karel Klančnik (born May 30, 1917 in Mojstrana , Austria-Hungary ; † December 8, 2009 , Slovenia ) was a Yugoslav ski jumper .

Career

Klančnik made his Olympic debut at the 1948 Winter Games in St. Moritz . On the Olympic hill, he jumped to 23rd place. Four years later at the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo in 1952 he reached 29th place in individual jumping, tied with Austrian Hans Eder . At the first Four Hills Tournament in 1953 , he jumped to 17th place on the Bergiselschanze in Innsbruck . After jumping to 11th place on the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in Bischofshofen , he finished his first and last tour in 19th place overall.

Karel Klančnik is the younger brother of Alojz Klančnik , who also competed in the Olympics as a cross-country skier.

successes

Four Hills Tournament placements

season	space	Points
1953	19th	392.4

Web links

• Karel Klančnik in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Karel Klančnik in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Karel Klančnik on The-Sports.org