Urs Räber
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 November 1958 |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (171 cm) |
| Website | http://www.hotel-schoenbuehl.ch/ |
| Skiing career | |
| Sport | Alpine skiing |
| Club | Skiclub Wilderswil/Grindelwald |
| Retired | 1984 |
| Disciplines | Downhill and Combined |
World Cup debut | 1978 |
| Olympics | |
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| 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 Swiss former alpine skier, who won the 1984 World Cup in Downhill skiing.
Räber 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]
Räber now owns the Hotel Schönbuhl in Wilderswil near Interlaken in the Swiss canton of Bern.[3]
World Cup Downhill victories
| Date | Location | Race |
|---|---|---|
| 18 December 1983 |  Val Gardena, Italy | Downhill |
| 7 January 1984 | Laax, Switzerland | Downhill |
References
- ↑ Urs Raber at Sports Reference Urs Räber Biography and Statistics
- ↑ "Urs Räber Results". Alpine Ski Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ↑ http://www.hotel-schoenbuehl.ch/en/info.html Archived 3 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Hotel Schoenbuehl Informations
External links
- 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 Archived 3 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Photo of Urs
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