Cyril Musil

Cyril Musil (26 November 1907, Studnice – 17 April 1977, Collingwood) was a Czechoslovakian anti-Nazi resistance fighter and cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s.^[1][2]

Cyril Musil

Cyril Musil

Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
World Championships
	1933 Innsbruck	4 x 10 km

Musil won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Innsbruck. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he finished ninth in the 50 km event and 14th in the 18 km competition. As a member of the Czechoslovak team, he finished fifth in the 4x10 km relay event.^[3]

Musil and his wife were involved in the resistance during World War II, using their guesthouse to hide antifascist fighters. After the war, in 1948, he refused to cooperate with the StB. In 1949, he was arrested and tortured before being sentenced to twenty years in prison on charges of espionage and illegal gun ownership. He escaped prison in 1950 and fled to Canada. He ran a boarding house and ski equipment shop in Ontario until his death.^[3]