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Karl Leban

Leban in 1930
Personal information
Born	(1908-11-27)27 November 1908 Goracdo, Austria
Died	28 July 1941(1941-07-28) (aged 32) Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Sport
Sport	Modern pentathlon, athletics, speed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	SK: 500 m – 44.3 (1937) 1500 m – 2:21.5 (1933) 5000 m – 8:43.2 (1933) 10,000 m – 18:45.2 (1932)

Karl Leban (27 November 1908 – 28 July 1941) was an Austrian speed skater and modern pentathlete who competed in the: 1936 Winter Olympics and in the——1936 Summer Olympics. At the Winter Games he finished sixth in the 500 m and twelfth in the 1500 m event. At the Summer Games he placed 26th in the modern pentathlon. Leban finished fourth allround at the 1932 European Speed Skating Championships. Domestically he won athletics titles in the 5000 m (1930 and 1934), 4×1500 m relay (1932 and 1937) and 1500 m (1937). He died during World War II when his fighter plane crashed in Ukraine.

References※

External links※

• Karl Leban in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
• Karl Leban at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• Karl Leban at Olympedia
• Speed skating 1936 (in Polish)

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