Urs Räber
Urs Räber (born 28 November 1958) is a former Swiss alpine skier, who won the 1984 World Cup in Downhill skiing.
| Alpine skier | |
| Disciplines | Downhill and Combined |
|---|---|
| Club | Skiclub Wilderswil/Grindelwald |
| Born | November 28, 1958 Grindelwald, Switzerland |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (171 cm) |
| World Cup debut | 1978 |
| Retired | 1984 |
| Website | http://www.hotel-schoenbuehl.ch/ |
| Olympics | |
| Teams |  |
| Medals | 0 (0 gold) |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | |
| Medals | 0 (0 gold) |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 6 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Podiums | 6 |
| Overall titles | 0 |
| Discipline titles | 1 Downhill title (1984) |
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,[1] and then in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo where he finished fifth in the Olympic downhill.[2]
Raber now owns the Hotel Schönbuhl in Wilderswil near Interlaken in the Swiss canton of Berne.[3]
World Cup Downhill victories
| Date | Location | Race |
|---|---|---|
| December 18, 1983 |  | Downhill |
| January 7, 1984 | | Downhill |
gollark: Ñö.
gollark: A black hole, if you will.
gollark: Unstar.
gollark: "Meme" -ing?
gollark: https://pastebin.com/BhTdc53s
References
- Urs Raber at Sports Reference Urs Räber Biography and Statistics
- http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/rbrur.asp Urs Räber Results
- http://www.hotel-schoenbuehl.ch/en/info.html Hotel Schoenbuehl Informations
External links
- Urs Räber at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Urs Räber at the International Ski Federation
- Urs Räber at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Urs Räber's Hotel
- Photo of Urs
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