Max Bolkart
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Max Bolkart (29 July 1932 – 26 April 2025) was a West German ski jumper who competed from 1954 to 1966.
Career
Bolkart finished fourth in the individual large hill at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo and sixth in the same event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.
He is best known as being the winner of the Four Hills Tournament in 1959–60 when he won three of the four events (Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Innsbruck) while finishing fifth in the last event at Bischofshofen. Those three victories were the only ones in his career.
Death
Bolkart died in Oberstdorf, Bavaria, Germany on 26 April 2025, at the age of 92.[1]
Invalid ski jumping world record
| Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 March 1958 | Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze | Oberstdorf, West Germany | 139 | 456 |
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References
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- ↑ Thomas Weiß: Oberstdorfer Skisprung-Legende ist tot. allgaeuer-zeitung.de, 29 April 2025 (in German). Retrieved 29 April 2025.
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External links
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- 1932 births
- 2025 deaths
- Skiers from Oberstdorf
- Olympic ski jumpers for the United Team of Germany
- Ski jumpers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- German male ski jumpers
- Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Ski jumpers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- West German male skiers