Roger Staub
Roger Staub (1 July 1936 – 30 June 1974) was a Swiss alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. Roger Staub was born in Arosa, Graubünden, Staub won the giant slalom at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and also won multiple medals at the 1958 World Championships. He finished fourth in the Olympic downhill in 1956 at age 19.
Roger Staub
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- Name
- Roger Staub
- Born
- 1 July 1936
- Birthplace
- Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland
- Died
- 30 June 1974
- Place of death
- Verbier, Valais, Switzerland
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- ice hockey player · actor · skier
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He also won a number of Swiss national titles. After a brief career as a professional racer in the early 1960s, Staub became ski school director at the fledgling Vail resort in Colorado. He also had a ski school in Arosa and sporting goods interests in Switzerland. During a summer visit to Switzerland in 1974 with his wife and young child, Staub was killed in a ski gliding accident near Verbier on the eve of his 38th birthday.
Roger Staub from Arosa at a race in Flims, Naraus cablecar station in the background
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• Name — Roger Staub • Disciplines — Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined • Club — SC Arosa • Born — 1 July 1936 • Birthplace — Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland • Died — 30 June 1974 • Place of death — Verbier, Valais, Switzerland • Olympic Teams — 2 – (1956, 1960) • Olympic Medals — 1 • Olympic Golds — 1 • Worlds Teams — 3 – (1956, 1958, 1960) includes Olympics • Worlds Medals — 4 • Worlds Golds — 1 • Medal Templates — Men's alpine skiing Olympic Games World Championships • Show Medals — yes
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Roger Staub (1 July 1936 – 30 June 1974) was an actor, “Skiläufer” and “Eishockeyspieler”. The birth of Roger Staub is recorded on 1 July 1936 in Arosa, and the death on 30 June 1974 in Verbier.
World championship results
World championship results
• Year — Age — Slalom — Giant slalom — Super-G — Downhill — Combined • 1956 — 19 — — — — — not run — 4 — — • 1958 — 21 — 5 — 3 — 2 — 3 • 1960 — 23 — DNF1 — 1 — 5 — DSQ From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.
Olympic results
Olympic results
• Year — Age — Slalom — Giant slalom — Super-G — Downhill — Combined • 1956 — 19 — — — — — not run — 4 — not run • 1960 — 23 — DNF1 — 1 — 5
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Roger Staub died at Verbier.
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