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The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was already an Olympic candidate, unsuccessfully bidding to host the 1960 Games. Innsbruck won the 1964 Games bid defeating the cities of Calgary in Canada and Lahti in Finland. The sports venues, many of which were built for the Games, were located within a radius of twenty kilometers around Innsbruck. The Games included 1,091 athletes from 36 nations, which was a record for the Winter Games at the time. Athletes participated in six sports and ten disciplines which bring together a total of thirty-four official events, seven more than the 1960. The luge made its debut on the Olympic program. Three Asian nations made their Winter Games debut: North Korea, India and Mongolia.
Josef Polig is an Italian former Alpine skier.
Josef Glaser was a German amateur footballer who played as a midfielder and competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the German Olympic squad and played one match in the consolation tournament.
Josef Alfred Börjesson was a Swedish amateur footballer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics for Team Sweden. He played as goalkeeper, and featured in one match in the main tournament as well as one match in the consolation tournament.
Josef "Josl" Rieder was an Austrian alpine skier. He competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, but was disqualified in the downhill event and failed to finish the slalom. He lit the Olympic Flame at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958, he won three medals with a gold in slalom and silvers in the giant slalom and combination events.
The following squads were named for the 1964 Summer Olympics tournament.
Josef Čada was a Czech gymnast who competed for Bohemia in the 1908 Summer Olympics and for Czechoslovakia in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He made his debut at the third World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Prague, winning gold. When Bohemia made their debut at these World Championships, he led their team to victory from the start, as well as establishing himself as the top gymnast at those games. Any possible claims of hometown favoritism would later be dispelled with his successes at the next 3 World Championships - 1909, 1911, and 1913 - where he won many more medals and all but dominated on the Horizontal bar event.
Josef Malý was a Czech gymnast who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born in Prague and died in Berlin. In 1920 he was a member of the Czechoslovak gymnastic team which finished fourth in the team event.
Josef Panáček is a former Czechoslovak sport shooter and Olympic Champion. He won Gold medal in skeet shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Josef Carl Peter Neckermann was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won Olympic medals at four different Olympics, in 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972. Later Neckermann became a member of the West German National Olympic Committee.
Josef Jungmann was a Czech fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games.
Josef Kuchynka was a Czechoslovak football manager and former player of German ethnicity. He was also part of Czechoslovakia's squad at the 1924 Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.
Josef Čapek was a Czech footballer who played for SK Slavia Prague, SK Kladno and the Czechoslovak national team.
Josef Urban (1899–1968) was a Czechoslovak wrestler. He was born in Středočeský kraj. He won an Olympic silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1932. He also competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Josef Rieder was a German cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He died during the Battle of Verdun in the First World War.
Josef Sucharda was a Czech sports shooter. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Josef Linert was a Czech sports shooter. He competed in five events at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Josef Schäffer was an Austrian track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He competed in the decathlon, shot put, discus throw and two-handed discus throw. He finished tenth in the decathlon, throwing the second-furthest in the discus on his way to his score of 6568.585. In the shot put, he finished thirteenth. In the discus throw, he only managed to come twenty-ninth in the regular discus throw, but came sixteenth in the two-handed discus.
Josef Walter was an Austrian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Josef Bouška is a Czech footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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- ↑ "Josef Steinmayer". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
