About Willen Dick
Lived 1897 – 1980 (aged 82–83). Willen Dick was a German ski jumper and nordic combined skier.
Wilhelm Josef Dick (10 September 1897 – 1980) was a German-Czech ski jumper who competed for Czechoslovakia and later Germany in the 1920s. He won two ski jumping medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 1925 and a silver in 1927.
At the 1926 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships he competed for Germany under the name Willy Dick.
He was a Sudeten German. After the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II he lived in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and in 1952 he moved to Wermelskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia, where he died in 1980.
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Who was Willen Dick?
ski jumper
When was Willen Dick born?
Willen Dick was born on 10 September 1897 in Vejprty.
When did Willen Dick die?
Willen Dick died in 1980 in Wermelskirchen.
What was Willen Dick's occupation?
Willen Dick was a ski jumper and nordic combined skier.
What nationality was Willen Dick?
Willen Dick was German.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Willen Dick. https://biography.guide/willen-dick/
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