Alfons Julen was a cross country skier from Zermatt

Zermatt

Zermatt is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of about 5,800 inhabitants....

, Switzerland who competed in military patrol

Military patrol

Military patrol is a team winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing respectively ski mountaineering, and rifle shooting. It is usually contested between countries or military units. Biathlon was developed from military patrol....

 at the first winter Olympics

Military patrol at the 1924 Winter Olympics

At the 1924 Winter Olympics, in Chamonix, France, in 1924, a military patrol competition was held. The Olympic lists the official medal winners for the event, yet several sources have counted this competition as a demonstration event only. The event was also demonstrated in 1928, 1936, and 1948,...

 in Chamonix in 1924.

The Swiss team, which consisted of Alfred Aufdenblatten

Alfred Aufdenblatten

Alfred Aufdenblatten was a mountaineer, ski guide and cross country skier from Zermatt, Switzerland who competed in military patrol at the first winter Olympics in Chamonix in 1924....

, Alfons Julen, Anton Julen

Anton Julen

Anton Julen was a cross country skier from Zermatt, Switzerland who competed in military patrol at the first winter Olympics in Chamonix in 1924....

 and Denis Vaucher

Denis Vaucher

Denis Vaucher was a cross country skier from Bern, Switzerland who competed in military patrol at the first winter Olympics in Chamonix in 1924....

, finished first in the competition.

Julen competed in cross country 18 km

Cross-country skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics - Men's 50 km

The 50 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event...

 at the 1928 Winter Olympics

1928 Winter Olympics

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 11–19, 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics held on its own as they were not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics...

 in St. Moritz, and also in military patrol, which was a demonstration event in 1928.

He was brother of Anton Julen, and cousin of the olympiers Oswald Julen (Nordic combined) and cross country skier Simon Julen.