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{{Short description|Czechoslovak skier}}
{{MedalTableTop | medals =
{{MedalCountry | {{TCH}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Nordic combined]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1927 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1927 Cortina d'Ampezzo]] | Individual }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[ski jumping]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1928 Winter Olympics|1928 St. Moritz]] | [[Ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics|Individual large hill]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1933 Innsbruck]] | Individual large hill }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1928 Winter Olympics|1928 St. Moritz]] | [[Ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics|Individual large hill]] }}
}}
[[File:Rudolf Burkert 1928.jpg|thumb|Burkert]]
'''Rudolf Burkert''' (31 October 1904 – 7 June 1985) was an [[Sudeten Germans|ethnic German]] [[Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak]] [[Nordic skiing|Nordic skier]] who competed in the 1920s and 1930s. He won a bronze medal in the [[ski jumping]] individual large hill competition at the [[1928 Winter Olympics]] in [[St. Moritz]], the first Winter Olympics medal in Czechoslovak history. He also finished 12th in the [[nordic combined]] event at those Olympics.

Burkert won two medals in the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]], earning a [[nordic combined]] gold in 1927 and a [[ski jumping]] silver in 1933.

He was born in Polubný, [[Kořenov]], [[Bohemia]]. In 1968 he emigrated to [[West Germany]], where he died in 1985.

==References==
* {{FIS ski jumper|49351|R. Purkert}}. Ski jumping profile
* {{FIS Nordic combined skier|49352|R. Purkert}}. Nordic combined profile
* [http://www.olympic.cz/front/athlete/1373 Rudolf Burkert's profile at the Czech Olympic committee] {{in lang|cs}}

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