Willy Klopfenstein

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Willy Klopfenstein Ski jumping
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
birthday January 11, 1921
place of birth Wängi ,  SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland 
date of death June 21, 2002
Place of death Brienz ,  SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Career
Medal table
National medals 1 × gold ? ×silver ? ×bronze
Logo of the Swiss Ski Association Swiss championships
gold 1949 Gstaad singles
 

Willy Klopfenstein (born January 11, 1921 in Wängi ; † June 21, 2002 in Brienz ) was a Swiss ski jumper .

Career

Klopfenstein, who started for the Adelboden ski club , was part of the host Switzerland's squad at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . With jumps of 60 and 62.5 meters he reached 13th place from the Olympic hill. At the Swiss championships in 1949, Klopfenstein won his first and only Swiss championship title. A year later, Klopfenstein jumped to 28th place at the 1950 Nordic World Ski Championships in Lake Placid .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 43rd Swiss Ski Race Gstaad. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association. Volume XLIII, 1949. pp. 55-61.
  2. ↑ Egon Theiner: Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping , p. 156
personal data
SURNAME Klopfenstein, Willy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ski jumper
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Wängi , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 2002
Place of death Brienz , Switzerland