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Roger Staub (1 July 1936 – 30 June 1974) was a Swiss alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.

Roger Staub

Alpine skier
Staub in 1959
Disciplines	Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined
Club	SC Arosa
Born	(1936-07-01)1 July 1936 Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland
Died	30 June 1974(1974-06-30) (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 Men's alpine skiing Representing   Switzerland Olympic Games 1960 Squaw Valley Giant slalom World Championships 1958 Bad Gastein Downhill 1958 Bad Gastein Giant Slalom 1958 Bad Gastein Combined

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
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
1956	19	—	—	not run	4	not run
1960	23	DNF1	1		5

References

External links

• Roger Staub at the International Ski Federation
• Roger Staub at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Roger Staub at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database

На других языках

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- [en] Roger Staub

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[fr] Roger Staub

Roger Staub, né le 1er juillet 1936 à Arosa et mort le 30 juin 1974, est un skieur alpin suisse qui a mis fin à sa carrière sportive à la fin de la saison 1961.

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[it] Roger Staub

Roger Staub (Arosa, 1º luglio 1936 – Bagnes, 30 giugno 1974) è stato uno sciatore alpino svizzero, olimpionico nello slalom gigante a Squaw Valley 1960.

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