Eugene Robert "Gene" Kotlarek (March 31, 1940 – November 9, 2017) was an American former ski jumper.

He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics with the best result of 14th place in the normal hill in 1964.

[1] Kotlarek was trained by his father George, a member of the American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame.

Kotlarek graduated from the University of Minnesota and later worked as an accountant.

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