Josef Gumpold

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameJosef•Gumpold
Used nameJosef•Gumpold
Nick/petnamesSepp
Born3 September 1908 in Jenbach, Tirol (AUT)
Died5 December 1942 in Schutino (RUS)
AffiliationsSC Partenkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)
NOC Germany

Biography

Skier Josef Gumpold finished 13th in the Nordic combined at the 1936 Garmisch Partenkirchen Winter Olympics. He lived in Austria as a youth but moved to Bavaria in 1935 and he took German citizenship. Four years earlier he was one the actors in the film Das weiße Rauschen (The White Ecstasy) directed by Leni Riefenstahl. In 1942, he was killed-in-action at the Eastern front during World War II. He was buried at Salzburg in the Böckstein soldiers’ cemetery.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Winter Olympics Nordic Combined (Skiing) GER Josef Gumpold
Individual, Men (Olympic) 13

Special Notes