Urs Räber

Urs Räber (born 28 November 1958) is a former Swiss alpine skier, who won the 1984 World Cup in Downhill skiing.

Urs Räber

Personal information
Born	(1958-11-28) November 28, 1958 (age 66) Grindelwald, Switzerland
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)
Sport
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)

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

Date	Location	Race
December 18, 1983	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill
January 7, 1984	Laax, Switzerland	Downhill