Josef Jennewein

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Josef Jennewein Alpine skiing
Pepi Jennewein 1941
nation AustriaAustria Austria German Empire
German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) 
birthday November 21, 1919
place of birth St. Anton am Arlberg
date of death July 27, 1943
Place of death Oryol, Soviet Union
Career
discipline Slalom , downhill , combination
society Ski Club Arlberg
Sports Group Ordensburg Sonthofen
End of career 1941
Medal table
World championships 1 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
gold Zakopane 1939 combination
silver Zakopane 1939 slalom
silver Zakopane 1939 Departure
 

Josef "Pepi" Jennewein (born November 21, 1919 in St. Anton am Arlberg ; † July 27, 1943 near Orjol , Soviet Union ) was an Austrian and German ski racer and ski jumper . At the 1939 World Championships in Zakopane, he became world champion in alpine combined and vice world champion in downhill and slalom . In addition, he won the gold medal in the downhill and in the combination at the World Championships in 1941 , but these were not officially recognized later.

During the Second World War he was a fighter pilot in the German Air Force and has been considered lost since landing behind the Soviet front line.

biography

Jennewein first skied at the age of three. During his school days he was trained by the ski racer Rudolph Matt , who also came from St. Anton, and in 1931 he won the Tyrolean ski championships in the youth class. In addition to alpine skiing, he also did ski jumping and set a personal record of 70 meters in the winter of 1934.

After graduating from school, Jennewein worked under Hannes Schneider and Rudolph Matt in the ski school in his home town. From autumn 1938 Jennewein worked as a trainer for ski instructors in Sonthofen and he was accepted into the greater German national team. He celebrated his first major successes in Wengen in 1939 : He won the slalom, came third in the downhill and came second in the combined ranking. Jennewein was also very successful at the 1939 World Championships in Zakopane . In the slalom and in the downhill he reached second place and became world champion in the combination. In the winter of 1940 he won the downhill, the slalom and the combination at the winter sports week in Garmisch , and he also achieved the same at the German championships that were held in St. Anton. At the 1941 World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo , which took place despite the war , Jennewein won the downhill and combined and finished sixth in the slalom. At the Nordic World Championships , which was taking place at the same time , he was 14th in jumping. He celebrated his last victories in St. Anton in 1941, where he won the Tschammer Cup downhill and combined .

Jennewein did not live to see the fact that the 1941 World Championships and with it his two world championship titles were declared invalid by the FIS in 1946 because only a few nations could take part due to the political situation at the time. He was drafted into the Air Force and was a fighter pilot in World War II , to which 86 kills were attributed. On July 27, 1943, he landed behind the Soviet lines and has since been considered lost. His ski club colleague Josef Gabl flew this mission together with Jennewein in his own machine and received a radio message from Jennewein that his engine had failed. A short time later, Gabl lost visual contact. Jennewein was posthumously promoted to lieutenant and received the Knight's Cross on December 5, 1943 .

successes

World championships

German championships

literature

See also

Web links

Commons : Josef Jennewein  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The aviator Pepi Jennewein. Salzburger Zeitung, September 27, 1943, accessed on June 12, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Jennewein, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jennewein, Pepi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Anton am Arlberg
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 1943
Place of death Oryol