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[[File:Cyril Musil (1907 1977).webp|thumb|Cyril Musil]]
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'''Cyril Musil''' (26 November 1907, [[Nové Město na Moravě|Studnice]] – 17 April 1977, [[Collingwood, Ontario|Collingwood]]) was a [[Czechoslovakia]]n anti-Nazi resistance fighter and [[cross-country skiing (sport)|cross-country skier]] who competed in the 1930s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cyril Musil|work=Tourism portal Novoměstsko|url=http://www.nmnm.eu/en/cyril-musil.html|access-date=2021-01-17|language=cs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-17|title=Cyril MUSIL - Olympic Cross Country Skiing|url=https://www.olympic.org/cyril-musil|access-date=2021-01-17|publisher=International Olympic Committee}}</ref>

Musil won a silver medal in the 4 x 10&nbsp;km at the [[1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]] in [[Innsbruck]]. At the [[1936 Winter Olympics]] in [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], he finished ninth in the [[Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 km|50 km event]] and 14th in the [[Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 18 km|18 km competition]]. As a member of the Czechoslovak team, he finished fifth in the [[Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 km relay|4x10 km relay event]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Cyril Musil |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/95656 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref>

Musil and his wife were involved in [[Resistance in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia|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.<ref name=":0" />

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*[http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/s/ski_nordisch/skilanglauf/hst/3.html World Championship results] {{in lang|de}}

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