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David Zogg (18 December 1902 – 26 July 1977) was a 
After retiring from ski racing, he was the head of the ski school in Arosa for many years.
David Zogg additionally played a role in opening up the exploration of the Himalayas by being appointed the deputy leader of the 1939 Swiss expedition to the Himalayas, undertaken by the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research. The outcomes of this were "Exploration of the Ramani glacier basic, first ascent of Dunagiri (7066 m), Rataban (6156 m), Ghori Parbat (6714 m). Attempt on Chaukhamba (7138 m)" There's more about his mountaineering in the German article.
Swiss
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alpine and Nordic combined
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skier. He was raised in Arosa
Arosa is a List of towns in Switzerland, town and a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is both a summer and a winter tourist resort.
On 1 January 2013, the former mu ...
, Switzerland.
At the 1928 Winter Olympics
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in St. Moritz
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he finished 16th in the Nordic combined event.
In 1931, he won the first World Championship in Slalom and in 1934, he was World Champion in downhill skiing. In the 1930s, he participated in a few films about skiing.
After retiring from ski racing, he was the head of the ski school in Arosa for many years.
David Zogg additionally played a role in opening up the exploration of the Himalayas by being appointed the deputy leader of the 1939 Swiss expedition to the Himalayas, undertaken by the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research. The outcomes of this were "Exploration of the Ramani glacier basic, first ascent of Dunagiri (7066 m), Rataban (6156 m), Ghori Parbat (6714 m). Attempt on Chaukhamba (7138 m)" There's more about his mountaineering in the German article.
Filmography
* '' Storm over Mont Blanc'' (1930) * '' The White Ecstasy'' (1931) * '' Die weiße Majestät'' (1933) fromAnton Kutter
Anton Kutter (13 June 1903, in Biberach an der Riß – 1 February 1985, in Biberach) was a German film director and screenwriter. He studied mechanical engineering at Stuttgart Technical University.
In 1926 Kutter went to Cologne and joined the ...
, August Kern
* ''Mountain Man
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'' (1934) uncredited
* '' Die weißen Teufel'' (1935) from Alfred Abel, August Kern
References
External links
* * 1902 births 1977 deaths Swiss male alpine skiers Swiss explorers Swiss male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Switzerland Nordic combined skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Swiss male ski mountaineers 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-skijumping-bio-stub