Roger Staub

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

Roger Staub
Staub in 1959
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

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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