Urs Räber (born 28 November 1958) is a former

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alpine

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, who won the 1984 World Cup in Downhill skiing. Raber also competed in two Olympic Downhill events. Firstly at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, where he finished 18th in the Olympic downhill, and then in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo where he finished fifth in the Olympic downhill. Raber now owns the Hotel Schönbuhl in

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near

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in the Swiss

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World Cup Downhill victories

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Urs Räber's Hotel

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1958 births Living people Swiss male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub