Roger Staub

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.

• 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

• 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.

• Year — Age — Slalom — Giant slalom — Super-G — Downhill — Combined • 1956 — 19 — — — — — not run — 4 — not run • 1960 — 23 — DNF1 — 1 — 5