Xaver Frick should not be confused with Xaver Frick Jr..
Xaver Frick (22 February 1913 – 10 June 2009) was a Liechtensteiner Olympic track and field athlete and cross-country skier.
He was born in Balzers, Liechtenstein. He competed in track sprinting events in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. Frick is the only Liechtenstein athlete to date to have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.[1]
Frick was a founding member of both the National Sports Association and the first Liechtenstein National Olympic Committee (NOC).[1] He served as the Secretary of the National Olympic Committee beginning at its founding in 1935.[1] He later headed the country's NOC as President from 1963 until 1970.[1]
Frick served as the first president of the Liechtenstein Athletics Federation, also known as the Liechtensteiner Turn- und Leichtathletikverband, a European Athletics Member Federation, for 35 years.[2] Additionally, Frick served on the board of directors of several other Liechtenstein organizations including the Alpine Club, the Gymnastics Club, and the Balzers Ski Club.[1]
He was awarded a Golden Laurel in 2003 by the government of Liechtenstein for outstanding contributions to sport.
Frick died on 10 June 2009 at the age of 96.[2]