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Swiss skier
David Zogg
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Born
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1902-12-18
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18 December 1902
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Died
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(1977-07-26)
(aged 74)
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David Zogg
(18 December 1902 – 26 July 1977) was a
Swiss
alpine
and
Nordic combined
skier. He was raised in
Arosa
, Switzerland.
At the
1928 Winter Olympics
in
St. Moritz
he finished 16th in the
Nordic combined event
.
In 1931, he won the first World Championship in Slalom and in 1934, he was World Champion in downhill skiing. In the 1930s, he participated in a few films about skiing.
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After retiring from ski racing, he was the head of the ski school in Arosa for many years.
David Zogg additionally played a role in opening up the exploration of the Himalayas by being appointed the deputy leader of the 1939 Swiss expedition to the Himalayas, undertaken by the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research. The outcomes of this were "Exploration of the
Ramani glacier
basic, first ascent of
Dunagiri
(7066 m),
Rataban
(6156 m),
Ghori Parbat
(6714 m). Attempt on
Chaukhamba
(7138 m)"
[2]
There's more about his mountaineering in
the German article
.
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