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

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, Graubünden, Staub won the

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at the

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in Squaw Valley and also won multiple medals at the 1958 World Championships. He finished fourth in the Olympic downhill in

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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

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resort in

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. 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

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accident near

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on the eve of his 38th birthday.

World championship results

From

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through

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, the

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were also the

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for alpine skiing.

Olympic results

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* * * 1936 births 1974 deaths Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in Switzerland Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Skiers from Graubünden Swiss male alpine skiers Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1974 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub