Roger Staub
Staub in 1959
Personal information
Born(1936-07-01)1 July 1936
Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland
Died30 June 1974(1974-06-30) (aged 37)
Verbier, Valais, Switzerland
OccupationAlpine skier
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined
ClubSC Arosa
Olympics
Teams2 – (1956, 1960)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 – (1956, 1958, 1960)
    includes Olympics
Medals4 (1 gold)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing   Switzerland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Squaw Valley Giant slalom
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1958 Bad Gastein Downhill
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Bad Gastein Giant slalom
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Bad Gastein Combined

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[lower-alpha 1] 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

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
195619——not run4—
1958215323
196023DNF115DSQ

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
195619——not run4not run
196023DNF115

Note

  1. ↑ 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

  1. ↑ "Gold medalist Roger Staub to try indoor mountain". Montreal Gazette. 24 October 1968. p. 45.
  2. ↑ "Ski fall kills Roger Staub". Palm Beach Post. Associated Press. 1 July 1974. p. C5.
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