Roland Collombin
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Roland Collombin c. 1973
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| Disciplines | Downhill | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
17 February 1951 Versegères, Valais, Switzerland |
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| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 12 December 1971 (1st top 10) (age 20) |
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| Retired | December 1975 (age 24) | ||||||||||||
| Website | rolandcollombin.ch | ||||||||||||
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| Teams | 1 – (1972) | ||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||
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| Teams | 2 – (1972, 1974) includes Olympics |
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| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 3 – (1972–74) | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 8 – (8 DH) | ||||||||||||
| Podiums | 11 – (11 DH) | ||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (3rd in 1973) | ||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 2 – (DH, 1973, 1974) | ||||||||||||
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Roland Collombin (born 17 February 1951) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland, a two-time World Cup downhill champion and Olympic silver medalist.
Born in Versegères in the canton of Valais, Collombin made his first World Cup top ten finish at age 20 in December 1971 with a seventh place in the downhill at Val-d'Isère, France. Two months later, he won the silver medal in the downhill at the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo, Japan, finishing behind countryman Bernhard Russi.
Collombin dominated the event over the next two World Cup seasons, 1973 and 1974, and won the World Cup season titles in downhill.
In January 1974, Collombin won the month's four downhills in consecutive weeks, which included the two classics: the Lauberhorn at Wengen, Switzerland, and the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbühel, Austria. Collombin had finished second in the previous two downhills in December 1973 for six consecutive downhill podiums. The repeat win at Kitzbühel was in record time, besting Jean-Claude Killy's mark of 1967, but was Collombin's last finish in international competition. (Franz Klammer of Austria broke the record at Kitzbühel the following year.)
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