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Alpine Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's Giant Slalom ...
The Men's giant slalom competition of the Squaw Valley 1960 Olympics was held on February 21 at Squaw Valley. The defending world champion was Toni Sailer of Austria. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics - Men's giant slalom Men's giant slalom Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Staub
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. After a brief career as a professional racer in the early 1960s, Staub became ski school director at the fledgling Vail resort in Colorado. 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. World championship results From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Bonlieu
François Pierre Philippe Bonlieu (21 March 1937 – 18 August 1973) was a French Alpine skiing, alpine skier. Born at Juvincourt-et-Damary, Aisne, Bonlieu debuted for the French alpine skiing national team when he was 15 years old. From 1958 until 1959 he became a four times French Champion (twice in the Giant Slalom, once in the Slalom and Alpine Combined). He was murdered at Croisette in Cannes after an argument. References 1937 births 1973 deaths Sportspeople from Aisne French male alpine skiers Olympic gold medalists for France Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Male murder victims Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of France 20th-century French people {{Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verne Anderson
Verne R. Anderson (19 July 1937–October 1984) was a Canadian alpine ski competitor and coach. He was a member of Canada's first national ski team competing in one Winter Olympics, and was head coach of the Canadian team at a subsequent Winter Olympics. Anderson was born in Nelson, British Columbia, and was a member of Canada's first national ski team formed in 1959. He was a member of the Canadian team at the 1960 Winter Olympics held at Squaw Valley, California competing in all three alpine skiing disciplines for men. He placed 19th in slalom with a time of 2:29.3, 24th in giant slalom with a time of 1:56.1, and 22nd in downhill with a time of 2:15.9. During that era, the results from Olympics were used to determine the World Championship for alpine combined. Anderson's results gave him eighth place in the alpine combined. Anderson again represented Canada at the 1962 World Championships where he earned the best results amongst Canadian competitors in all the alpin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiharu Igaya
is a former Olympic games, Olympic Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer and Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom, silver medalist from Japan. He competed in three Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics (Japan at the 1952 Winter Olympics#Alpine skiing, 1952, Japan at the 1956 Winter Olympics#Alpine skiing, 1956, Japan at the 1960 Winter Olympics#Alpine skiing, 1960). Ski racing Born in Tomari, Kunashiri (:ja:泊村 (北海道根室振興局), ja), Hokkaidō, Igaya attended college in the United States at Dartmouth College, Dartmouth in New Hampshire, where he raced for the Dartmouth Big Green, Big Green and graduated in 1957. "Chick" won the United States Alpine Ski Championships, U.S. national title in slalom in 1954 at Aspen Mountain (ski area), Aspen, Colorado, and took a third consecutive NCAA Skiing Championships, NCAA title in slalom, his sixth individual, in 1957 NCAA Skiing Championships, 1957 at Snowbasin, Utah. At the Olympics in Alpi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredy Brupbacher
Fredy Brupbacher (28 November 1934 – 9 April 2018) was a Swiss alpine skier. He competed in the men's giant slalom at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall .... References 1934 births 2018 deaths Swiss male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Zürich 20th-century Swiss sportspeople {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Marolt
Max Marolt (April 16, 1936 – July 28, 2003) was an American alpine skier. He competed in two events at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall .... References 1936 births 2003 deaths American male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the United States Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Aspen, Colorado {{US-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willi Forrer
Willi Forrer (born 3 July 1935) is a Swiss alpine skier. He competed in three events at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall .... References External links * 1935 births Living people Swiss male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from the canton of St. Gallen {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italo Pedroncelli
Italo Pedroncelli (23 November 1935 – 23 December 1992) was an Italian alpine skier. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr .... References External links * 1935 births 1992 deaths Italian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Italy Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from the Province of Sondrio Italian alpine skiing coaches {{Italy-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luggi Leitner
Ludwig Leitner (February 24, 1940 – March 21, 2013) was a German alpine ski racer and world champion, born in Mittelberg, Austria. Leitner became a world champion in the combined event in Innsbruck in 1964.Official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships – ''FIS-ski.com'' – (Retrieved on 15 November 2008) He earned world championship bronze medals in the combined event 1962 and . Leitner competed at the |
Carlo Senoner
Carlo Senoner (born 24 October 1943) is a retired Italian alpine skier who won the slalom event at the 1966 World Championships. He competed in slalom events at the 1960 and 1968 Winter Olympics with the best result of 13th place in 1960. His father Tobia and sister Inge were also Olympic alpine skiers. Biography Carlo finished sixth in the slalom and fourth in the Alpine Combined at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1962. In the 1966 World Championshipes he finished 20th in the downhill race. In the slalom he was fourth in the first leg clocked in 53.72 seconds (2.39 seconds behind leading Bengt-Erik Grahn). In the second leg he was second clocked in 47.84 seconds but only 0.14 seconds behind Louis Jauffret, the eighth of the first run, and therefore it was enough to win – he was the first starter of the race and now he was the first after the race. At that time the procedure of a second leg was different to that of now-time. Not the 30th (or the 15th) clocked race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Barrier
James Marvin Barrier (August 7, 1940 – August 26, 2000) was an American alpine ski racer and a member of the United States Ski Team. He competed in two events at the 1960 Winter Olympics. Born and raised in Wallace, Idaho, Barrier learned to race at nearby Lookout Pass Lookout Pass is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of the northwestern United States. In the Coeur d'Alene Mountains of the Bitterroot Range, the pass is on the border between Idaho and Montana, traversed by Interstate 90 (formerly U.S. Route .... Olympic results References 1940 births 2000 deaths American male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the United States Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics People from Wallace, Idaho Sportspeople from Idaho {{US-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Wagnerberger
Fritz Wagnerberger (14 June 1937 – 23 March 2010) was a German alpine skier. He competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr .... References External links * 1937 births 2010 deaths German male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the United Team of Germany Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics People from Traunstein Skiers from Upper Bavaria FISU World University Games gold medalists for West Germany Universiade medalists in alpine skiing Competitors at the 1964 Winter Universiade 20th-century German people {{Germany-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
