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Jürg Capol
Country Switzerland
Born (1965-07-02) 2 July 1965 (age 59)
Chur, Switzerland
Ski clubSC Verrières
World Cup career
Seasons1986, 19881990, 19921994
Starts22
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (48th in 1988)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Switzerland
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Trondheim 3 × 5 km relay

Jürg Capol (born 2 July 1965) is a Swiss cross-country skier who competed from 1988 to 1994 and is marketing director for the International Ski Federation (FIS) as of 2016. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fourth in the 4 × 10 km relay at Calgary in 1988 while his best individual finish was 44th in the 50 km event at Lillehammer in 1994.

At the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun, Capol earned his best finish of 51st in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit event. His best World Cup finish was 13th in a 30 km event in the Soviet Union in 1988.

Capol was the FIS race director for cross-country skiing between 2007 and 2016, when he was promoted to marketing director for all FIS sports.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

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 Year   Age   10 km  15 km  Pursuit   30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1988 22 22 30 4
1994 28 49 44 7

World Championships

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 Year   Age   10 km  15 km
 classical 
 15 km
 freestyle 
 Pursuit  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1989 23 43 24 12
1993 27 62 51

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age  Overall
1986 20 NC
1988 22 48
1989 23 NC
1990 24 54
1992 26 NC
1993 27 75
1994 28 NC

Notes

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  1. ^ Connolly, Eoin (10 June 2016). "FIS appoints Juerg Capol as marketing director". SportsPro. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Athlete : Juerg CAPOL". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
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