Roger Staub
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1936年07月01日)1 July 1936 Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 June 1974(1974年06月30日) (aged 37) Verbier, Valais, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Arosa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (1956, 1960) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (1956, 1958, 1960) includes Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 4 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Roger Staub (1 July 1936 – 30 June 1974) was a Swiss alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.
Born in Arosa, Graubünden, Staub won the giant slalom at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley [a] and also won multiple medals at the 1958 World Championships. He finished fourth in the Olympic downhill in 1956 at age 19. 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.[1] 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.[2]
World championship results
[edit ]| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 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
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| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 19 | — | — | not run | 4 | not run |
| 1960 | 23 | DNF1 | 1 | 5 |
Note
[edit ]- ^ His 1960 gold medal was awarded with delay; when Roger did finish the giant slalom race on February 22nd, he was called as the second-placed behind Josef Stiegler. There was an error in the time-clocking. After maybe 15 minutes, the time-clocking was corrected - Roger was 0.4 sec. better than Stiegler.
References
[edit ]- ^ "Gold medalist Roger Staub to try indoor mountain". Montreal Gazette. 24 October 1968. p. 45.
- ^ "Ski fall kills Roger Staub". Palm Beach Post. Associated Press. 1 July 1974. p. C5.
External links
[edit ]- Roger Staub at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Roger Staub at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Roger Staub at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- 1936 births
- 1974 deaths
- Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in Switzerland
- Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
- Skiers from Graubünden
- Swiss male alpine skiers
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1974
- 20th-century Swiss sportsmen
- Swiss alpine skiing biography stubs