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Xaver Affentranger

Ski jumper and Nordic combined skier

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ676393 ↗
Source-derived summary

Xaver Affentranger (1 December 1897 – 9 January 1971) was a Swiss cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper who competed in the 1920s.

At the 1924 Winter Olympics he finished 17th in the Nordic combined event, 22nd in the 18 km cross-country competition, and 24th in the ski jumping event.

He won a bronze medal in the Nordic combined at the 1925 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Johannisbad.

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The public source identifies “Xaver Affentranger” as ski jumper and Nordic combined skier. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Xaver, Affentranger and jumper.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1897, 1971, 1924, 1925—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1897-12-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Xaver, Affentranger and jumper providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q676393. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1897, 1971, 1924 and 1925.

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This entry incorporates text from “Xaver Affentranger” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.