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Roland Collombin

Swiss alpine skier

1951 - 2026

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His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Roland Collombin is the 17th most popular skier, the 325th most popular biography from Switzerland and the most popular Swiss Skier.

Roland Collombin was a two-time World Cup downhill champion who won the silver medal in the downhill at the 1972 Winter Olympics and took the season titles in 1973 and 1974. In January 1974 he won four consecutive downhills including the Lauberhorn at Wengen and the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbühel where he set a record time. The jump at Val-d'Isère where he fell in 1974 and 1975 has been called "Bosse à Collombin" since that time.

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Of the 75 Skiers born in Switzerland, Roland Collombin ranks first.

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Among Skiers

Among skiers, Roland Collombin ranks 17 out of 1,052. Before him are Sixten Jernberg, Birger Ruud, Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Jiří Raška, Jacob Tullin Thams, and Marc Girardelli. After him are Sonja Edström, Gustav Thöni, Yukio Kasaya, Noriaki Kasai, Hermann Maier, and Hanni Wenzel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Roland Collombin ranks 210. Before him are Charly García, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Iván Fischer, Izhar Cohen, Slavica Đukić Dejanović, and Abel Ferrara. After him are Sulejman Tihić, Timo Salonen, Kazuo Saito, Migueli, John Stagliano, and Shigeru Umebayashi. Among people deceased in 2026, Roland Collombin ranks 112. Before him are Robert Skidelsky, Ian Watson, Gino Paoli, Afrika Bambaataa, László Fazekas, and Asha Bhosle. After him are Angela Luce, Polycarp Pengo, Peter H. Raven, Oscar Schmidt, José Sanfilippo, and Colin McDonald.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Roland Collombin ranks 325 out of 1,198. Before him are Marc Surer (1951), Andreas Vollenweider (1953), Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687), Sandra Studer (1969), Johann Bauhin (1541), and Alain Berset (1972). After him are Josef Hügi (1930), Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867), Urs Graf (1485), Marcel Koller (1960), Hermann Barrelet (1879), and Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (1921).

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Among Skiers In Switzerland

Among skiers born in Switzerland, Roland Collombin ranks 1. After him are Pirmin Zurbriggen (1963), Bernhard Russi (1948), Madeleine Berthod (1931), Vreni Schneider (1964), Renée Colliard (1933), Yvonne Rüegg (1938), Marie-Theres Nadig (1954), Walter Steiner (1951), Hedy Schlunegger (1923), Simon Ammann (1981), and Heini Hemmi (1949).

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