Jean Saubert - Skiing

Jean Saubert grew into the state’s sports lore from the slopes of Cascades to become an Olympic hero.

Born in Roseburg in 1942, Saubert learned to ski and then race at Hoodoo Butte, Mount Hood and Mount Bachelor before graduating from Lakeview High in 1960.

She reached the U.S. Ski team in 1962, placing sixth in the Giant Slalom at the World Championships in Chamonix, France. The following two years, she won national titles in the downhill and giant slalom, and also won the slalom in ’64 while a coed at Oregon State University.

At the ’64 Olympic Winter Games, Saubert, won the silver in the giant slalom and a bronze in the slalom under U.S. coach Bob Beattie.
In 1966, Saubert earned a degree from Oregon State in education and then earned a master’s degree at Brigham Young University.

Saubert was inducted to the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame in 1976, and Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. She died in 2007 at age 65.