Roger Staub
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 Staub in 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines |
Downhill, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Combined | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | SC Arosa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
1 July 1936 Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
30 June 1974 (aged 37) Verbier, Valais, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 an alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Switzerland.
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. He also won a number of Swiss national titles.
- 1960 Gold medal 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.
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
| 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 
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 1956 | 19 | — | — | not run | 4 | not run |
| 1960 | 23 | DNF1 | 1 | 5 |
References
- ↑ "Gold medalist Roger Staub to try indoor mountain". Montreal Gazette. October 24, 1968. p. 45.
- ↑ "Ski fall kills Roger Staub". Palm Beach Post. Associated Press. July 1, 1974. p. C5.
External links
- Roger Staub at the International Ski Federation
- Sports Reference – Olympic results – Roger Staub
- Ski-db.com – results – Roger Staub
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