Alois Kälin

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Medal record
Men's nordic skiing
Winter Olympic Games
Silver	1968 Grenoble	Nordic combined
Bronze	1972 Sapporo	Cross country 4 x 10 km
World Championships
Bronze	1966 Oslo	Nordic combined

Alois Kälin (born April 13, 1939) is a former Swiss nordic skier who competed in the 1960's and 1970's. He won a nordic combined silver in the at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble and a bronze in the 4 x 10 km cross-country skiing relay at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Additionally he won a bronze medal in the nordic combined at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo.

Kälin was the first Swiss to win a Winter Olympic medal in nordic skiing, earning his award on February 11, 1968, four days before his fellow countryman Josef Haas would earn a bronze in the 50 km cross country event. He is also the last person to earn medals in both cross country skiing and the nordic combined at the Winter Olympics.

[edit] References

• FIS-Ski: Alois Kaelin - statistics. Nordic combined results. There is no listing in the cross-country skiing section.