Franz Haslberger

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameFranz•Haslberger
Used nameFranz•Haslberger
Born3 December 1914 in Reit im Winkl, Bayern (GER)
Died19 September 1939 in Welykyj Ljubin, Lviv (UKR)
AffiliationsWSV Reit im Winkl, Reit im Winkl (GER)
NOC Germany

Biography

Ski jumper Franz Haslberger came 17th on the normal hill at the 1936 Garmisch Partenkirchen Winter Olympics. In 1936 and 1938 he was the German ski jumping champion in ski jumping, and in the second of those years, he also finished fourth on the famous Oslo ski slope, Holmenkollen. Haslberger was killed-in-action in 1939 at the beginning of World War II, somewhere in Ukraine. In his hometown Reit im Winkl the ski jump was named after him.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Winter Olympics Ski Jumping (Skiing) GER Franz Haslberger
Large Hill, Individual, Men (Olympic) 17

Special Notes