olympicmedals death_date worldsmedals olympicteams death_place wctitles name wcwins height wcseasons wcdebut retired wcoveralls disciplines wcpodiums weight gender worldsteams article_title
0 21 march 1976 0 1 -- -lrb- 1968 -rrb- aspen , colorado , u.s. 0 -rrb- '' -- '' -lrb- 7th in sl , 1969 vladimir `` spider '' sabich 1 -- -lrb- 1 sl -rrb- 5 11 4 -- -lrb- 1967 -- 70 -rrb- january '' 1967 -lrb- age 22 -rrb- '' inaugural season april -rrb- 1970 -lrb- age 26 -rrb- -lrb- world cup 0 -- '' -lrb- 11th in 1969 -rrb- '' slalom , giant slalom , 4 -- -lrb- 4 sl -rrb- 170 m 2 olympics '' -- -lrb- 1968 , 1970 -rrb- '' includes spider sabich

spider sabich

vladimir peter sabich , jr. -lrb- january 10 , 1945 -- march 21 , 1976 -rrb- was an american alpine ski racer , a member of the u.s. ski team on the world cup circuit in the late 1960s .
he competed at the 1968 winter olympics and was the pro ski racing champion in 1971 and 1972 .
sabich was killed by gunshot under controversial circumstances in 1976 .
