Josef Klein (athlete)

{{short description|Czechoslovak athlete}}

{{use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

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| name = Josef Klein

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| nationality = Czechoslovak

| sport = Athletics

| event = Javelin throw
Decathlon

| club = University of Cambridge AC
Achilles Club
VSK Lobositz

| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|11|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Vienna, Austria

| death_date = {{death year and age|1941|1916}}

| death_place = Kaliningrad, Russia

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Josef Friederich Karl Klein[https://www.emma.cam.ac.uk/about/history/emmanuel/ww2/rollofhonour/ "Roll of Honour (WW2): Klein, Josef Friederich Karl"]. Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Retrieved 7 March 2024. (12 November 1916 – 1941) was a Czechoslovaj athlete. He competed in the men's javelin throw and the men's decathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kl/josef-klein-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003020/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kl/josef-klein-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Josef Klein Olympic Results |accessdate=16 January 2018}}

Klein was educated in his native Czechoslovakia and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he read the modern and medieval languages tripos and graduated with a BA in 1938. A member of the Czech resistance following the outbreak of World War II, he reportedly died shortly after being released from captivity, during which he was allegedly tortured.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}