Jaroslav Šír | |
Birth Date: | 1923 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Poniklá, Czechoslovakia |
Club: | Armádní tělocvičný klub |
Jaroslav Šír (born 8 November 1923)[1] is a former Czechoslovak soldier and skier. He is from Liberec.[2]
Šír was born in Poniklá. He started skiing in the age of 15, and was in the national ski team from 1948 to 1955. As a conscript he served at the army sports club in Prague (Armádní tělocvičný klub). In the rank of a Vojín he was a member of the national Olympic military patrol team at the 1948 Winter Olympics which placed sixth.[3] Before they went to St. Moritz, they trained in Špindlerův Mlýn.