Otto Tschudi

After the Sapporo Olympics Tschudi competed for eight seasons on the World Pro Skiing Tour, leading the Rossignol international team.

He was named to the Norwegian national ski team at age 14, and attended the Riis Skole, a college-prep high school in Oslo.

[9] In the lead-up to the 1972-73 World Pro Racing season Tschudi persuaded Rossignol North America to sponsor an international team including, among others, Tyler Palmer (USA), Jean-Claude Killy (France) and Malcolm Milne (Australia).

Among his sponsors he recruited Sun Valley Resort, Avis, Air France, Look, Mossant, Swix, Smith and Raichle ski boots.

With sports commentator Larry Zimmer, he hosted a weekly television ski program on Denver’s NBC affiliate.

In 1982 Tschudi retired from ski racing and joined Montgomery Securities in San Francisco, using his facility with languages and extensive contacts in Europe to sell financial products in the EU.

In 1992 Tschudi joined the Board of Trustees of the University of Denver, where he raised the money to re-establish the ski team.