Josef Haas
{{Short description|Swiss cross-country skier (1937–2024)}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's cross-country skiing}}
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{{MedalBronze | 1968 Grenoble | 50 km}}
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Josef Haas (3 August 1937 – 18 January 2024) was a Swiss cross-country skier who competed in the late 1960s. He won the 50 km bronze at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Haas was the first Swiss to earn a cross-country skiing Olympic medal. He died on 18 January 2024, at the age of 86.{{cite news |title=È morta la leggenda Sepp Haas |url=https://www.bluewin.ch/it/sport-invernali/fondo-morto-la-leggenda-haas-2053666.html |access-date=24 January 2024 |publisher=Blue News |date=24 January 2024}}
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- {{FIS cross-country skier|22582|J. Haas}}
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Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Category:Swiss male cross-country skiers
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Category:Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
Category:Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Category:20th-century Swiss sportsmen
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