Antonín Bartoň

Antonín Bartoň (12 December 1908 – 9 September 1982) was a Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in the 1930s. He won two silver medals at the 1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Innsbruck.

Antonín Bartoň

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Personal information
Born	(1908-12-12)12 December 1908 Vysoké nad Jizerou, Bohemia
Died	9 September 1982(1982-09-09) (aged 73) Vysoké nad Jizerou, Czechoslovakia
Sport
Country	Czechoslovakia
Sport	Nordic skiing
Medal record World Championships Representing  Czechoslovakia Men's Nordic skiing 1933 Innsbruck Nordic combined Men's Cross-country skiing 1933 Innsbruck 4 x 10 km

Biography

Born in Vysoké nad Jizerou, Bohemia, in 1908, Bartoň was the flag bearer for Czechoslovakia at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.^[1] He finished 6th in the Nordic combined event. He finished also 16th in the shorter cross-country skiing event, 10th in the 50 kilometre event and 21st in the ski jumping competition.

1933 saw Bartoň compete at the 1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Innsbruck, where he won silver medals in two events: the combined race and the relay.^[1]

His skiing career finished before the 1936 Olympics due to a leg fracture sustained from a cycling accident. He subsequently went into the production of skis. Bartoň died in 1982 in Vysoké nad Jizerou.^[1]