Urs Räber
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 28, 1958 Grindelwald, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Alpine skier |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (171 cm) |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Downhill and Combined |
| Club | Skiclub Wilderswil/Grindelwald |
| World Cup debut | 1978 |
| Retired | 1984 |
| Website | http://www.hotel-schoenbuehl.ch/ |
| Olympics | |
| Teams |  Switzerland |
| Medals | 0 (0 gold) |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | Switzerland |
| Medals | 0 (0 gold) |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 6 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Podiums | 6 |
| Overall titles | 0 |
| Discipline titles | 1 Downhill title (1984) |
Urs Räber (born 28 November 1958) is a former Swiss alpine skier, 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,[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 Bern.[3]
World Cup Downhill victories
[edit]| Date | Location | Race |
|---|---|---|
| December 18, 1983 |  Val Gardena, Italy |
Downhill |
| January 7, 1984 | Laax, Switzerland |
Downhill |
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Urs Räber at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Urs Räber at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Urs Räber at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Urs Räber's Hotel
- Photo of Urs[permanent dead link]
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