Franz Keller (skier)

German nordic combined skier

Franz Keller
Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Representing  West Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Grenoble Individual
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1966 Oslo Individual

Franz Keller (German pronunciation: [fʁant͡s ˈkɛlɐ] ; born 19 January 1945) was a West German nordic combined skier. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, he won the gold medal in the individual event. Keller also won a silver at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the individual event and won the event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1967.

Keller received the Holmenkollen medal in 1973 (shared with Einar Bergsland and Ingolf Mork).

References

  • Franz Keller at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  • Holmenkollen medalists at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2007) - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
  • Holmenkollen winners since 1892 at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2007) - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
Awards
Preceded by
Germany Kurt Bendlin
German Sportsman of the Year
1968
Succeeded by
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Until 1900
1900–1950
1951–2000
Since 2001
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