Born in Estonia, Juku Pent joined the German troops during World War II. He was a Nazi party member and fought against the British and Americans on the Western Front. He was awarded the Iron Cross I. and II. Class in only one day. After the war he moved to West Germany, and at the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics he finished 26th in the 50 km cross country event. Pent later became a designer of ski waxes and synthetic waxes. In 1964 and 1968 he was the head of the technical delegation of the West German Skiing Federation.
Germany
West Germany