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Roger Staub

1936 - 1974

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Staub is the 181st most popular skier (up from 182nd in 2019), the 665th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 659th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Swiss Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Roger Staub ranks 181 out of 817. Before him are Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Seiji Aochi, Traudl Hecher, Thomas Alsgaard, Väinö Huhtala, and Anne Jahren. After him are Bente Skari, Reinhold Bachler, Larisa Lazutina, Finn Christian Jagge, Jiří Parma, and Peter Prevc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Roger Staub ranks 529. Before him are Elizabeth Dole, Gary Hart, Dick Cavett, Akwasi Afrifa, Dick Richards, and Barbara Sobotta. After him are Salvador Reyes Monteón, Adán Godoy, Peter Hill-Wood, Michael Dertouzos, Kalevi Oikarainen, and Al Attles. Among people deceased in 1974, Roger Staub ranks 242. Before him are Giovanni D'Anzi, Ferreira de Castro, Harry Ricardo, Enrico Rivolta, Tex Ritter, and V. K. Krishna Menon. After him are Richard Long, Begum Akhtar, Patricia Collinge, Clive Brook, Ralph Bishop, and Maureen Gardner.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Roger Staub ranks 665 out of 1,015. Before him are Urs Zimmermann (1959), Kurt Schmid (1932), Barış Arduç (1987), Franco Forini (1958), Manuel Akanji (1995), and Henry Wirz (1823). After him are C. Douglas Dillon (1909), Burkhard Gantenbein (1912), Georges Bregy (1958), Patty Schnyder (1978), Johnny Leoni (1984), and Edy Hubacher (1940).

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Among SKIERS In Switzerland

Among skiers born in Switzerland, Roger Staub ranks 21. Before him are Didier Cuche (1974), Michela Figini (1966), Edmund Bruggmann (1943), Lara Gut-Behrami (1991), Maria Walliser (1963), and Peter Müller (1957). After him are Lise-Marie Morerod (1956), Dario Cologna (1986), Doris de Agostini (1958), Paul Accola (1967), Didier Défago (1977), and Michael von Grünigen (1969).

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