David Zogg

David Zogg was a Swiss skier who competed in both alpine and Nordic combined events, born on 18 December 1902 and died on 26 July 1977. He was raised in Arosa, Switzerland. At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz he finished sixteenth 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. During the 1930s he took part in a few films about skiing, and after he stopped ski racing he headed the ski school in Arosa for many years. He also contributed to the exploration of the Himalayas as deputy leader of the Swiss expedition of 1939, organised by the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, which made the first ascent of Dunagiri and explored the Ramani glacier basin.