Overview

• Max Bolkart, a trailblazer in ski jumping, became the first West German to win the Four Hills Tournament during the 1959/60 season.
• He narrowly missed a Grand Slam that year, finishing fifth in the final event at Bischofshofen after winning the first three tournaments.
• Bolkart represented Germany at two Winter Olympics, placing fourth in 1956 at Cortina d’Ampezzo and sixth in 1960 at Squaw Valley.
• His trophies, symbolizing his contributions to the sport, are displayed at the family-owned Hotel Freiberg in Oberstdorf.
• Bolkart, who suffered from severe dementia in his final years, was remembered by his family and the ski jumping community as a pioneer and legend of the sport.