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
Personal information
Born	(1936-07-01)1 July 1936 Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland
Died	30 June 1974(1974-06-30) (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 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^[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

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

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.

External links

• 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