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Ella Maillart and Rösli Streiff (right) at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1932. Rosli won gold medals in both the slalom and combined events.

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Rosli Streiff began competing in ski races in 1928 and, along with Ella Maillart, became a founding member of the Swiss Ladies Ski Club (SDS) in 1929, working to organise and promote women's competitive skiing in Switzerland. In this photo they were wearing simple woollen jerseys with Swiss cross badges and holding traditional wooden ski poles. Rosli reached the peak of her career in early February 1932 when she won two gold medals at the World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, winning the slalom event and the combined. She first finished eighth in the downhill and the next day became world champion in the slalom, beating Britain's Audrey Sale-Barker by more than ten seconds, securing her the world title in the combined event.
August 2, 2026 at 10:02 AM