Oskar Ospelt

Oskar Ospelt (27July 190815June 1988) was a Liechtensteiner sprinter and thrower. Domestically, Ospelt competed for the sports club Leichtathletik Club Vaduz. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics representing Liechtenstein in athletics, becoming one of the first athletes for Liechtenstein at an Olympic Games. He was a two-time Swiss national champion and later co-founded the Liechtenstein Gymnastic and Athletic Association.

Biography Oskar Ospelt was born on 27July 1908 in Hittisau in what was then Austria-Hungary. Domestically, he competed for the sports club Leichtathletik Club Vaduz.

He competed at the Summer Games in Berlin, Germany, representing Liechtenstein in men's athletics. He was one of the first Liechtensteiner competitors to compete at an Olympic Games for the nation. Ospelt was the flag bearer for the nation during the opening ceremony of the Summer Games. His final event was the qualifying round for the men's discus throw on 5August. He did not qualify for the finals after he failed to throw the discus far enough.

After the Summer Games, Ospelt competed at the 1937Swiss Athletics Championships held in Lucerne and won the discus title. In the same year, he set two national records for Liechtenstein with marks of 11.3seconds in the 100metres and in the shot put. He then competed at the 1938Swiss Athletics Championships held in Basel on 23 June and was the best-performing athlete at the competition, He set a national record for the javelin throw the following year with a mark of . Ospelt died due to a serious illness on 15June 1988 in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, at the age of 79.

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