Karl Leban

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Karl Leban Speed ​​skating athleticsModern pentathlon
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday November 27, 1908
place of birth Austria-Hungary
date of death July 28, 1941
Place of death Vinnytsia ,  Soviet Union
Career
discipline Speed ​​skating
athletics
Modern pentathlon
society Ice skating club Wörthersee
Heeressportverband Wien
 

Karl Leban (born November 27, 1908 , † July 28, 1941 in Vinnytsia , Soviet Union , today Ukraine ) was an Austrian speed skater , modern pentathlete and athlete .

Athletic career

Karl Leban took part in both the Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the Summer Olympics in Berlin in 1936 . In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he started in the speed skating competitions over 500 and 1500 meters. He finished sixth over 500 meters and twelfth over 1500 meters. At the Summer Games he took part in Modern Pentathlon , where he finished 26th.

Leban was also active as a track and field athlete and won several national championship titles in Austria.

He was killed in a plane crash on the Soviet front in Vinnytsia during World War II .

literature

  • Rudi Trost: 100 years of modern pentathlon Olympic: from the father & founder of the French Baron Pierre de Coubertin to the savior the German Dr. Klaus Schormann. Meyer & Meyer 2015, p. 190, ISBN 3-8403-1090-3 .

Web links

  • Karl Leban in the Olympedia.org database (English)
personal data
SURNAME Leban, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian modern pentathlete, speed skater and athlete
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1908
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1941
Place of death Vinnytsia , Soviet Union