About František Wende
Lived 1904 – 1968 (aged 63–64). František Wende was a Czech ski jumper and nordic combined skier.
Franz Wende, also in Czech František Wende (3 June 1904 in Svoboda nad Úpou - 1968 in Bad Harzburg) was an ethnic German Czechoslovak ski jumper and Nordic combined skier who has competed in the 1920s. He won two bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in ski jumping and Nordic combined (1927). He also competed in the individual event at the 1924 Winter Olympics.
Wende and other three Ethnic German sportspeople, members of the Hauptverband Deutscher Wintersportvereine in der ČSR, represented Czechoslovakia at the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix.
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Who was František Wende?
ski jumper (1904–1968)
When was František Wende born?
František Wende was born on 3 June 1904 in Svoboda nad Úpou.
When did František Wende die?
František Wende died in 1968 in Bad Harzburg.
What was František Wende's occupation?
František Wende was a ski jumper and nordic combined skier.
What nationality was František Wende?
František Wende was Czech.
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