Xaver Frick Explained

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.

Biography

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Xaver Frick . Principality of Liechtenstein. 2009-07-11.
  2. News: European Athletics Family mourns passing of Xaver Frick . . 2009-06-13 . 2009-07-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090616185709/http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7399&Itemid=2 . June 16, 2009 .