Jan Staubo

Jan Staubo (28 September 1920 – 15 June 2003) was a Norwegian sportsman, politician and sports official. As a sportsman he competed internationally in tennis and nationally in other sports. He was a member of the city council of Norway's capital, and a member of the International Olympic Committee for 34 years.

Personal life He was born in Kristiania as a son of ship-owner Helmer Staubo and Wanda Næss, and younger brother of ship-owner Knut Helmer Staubo. In Sep 1937 to Dec 1937 he attended Felsted school in Essex, England. In 1962 he married Sally Calvert, an american citizen. They have two daughters, Kari and Lina.

Career Staubo took secondary education at Oslo Commerce School in 1940. During the Second World War he fought in the Norwegian Campaign and was later an air pilot in exile, and was imprisoned by the Germans for about three years in total. He tried to escape several times, one time being shot and having to amputate a lung. He first tried to escape from Norway to neutral Sweden in 1941, but was arrested in Verdal and imprisoned in Vollan prison in Trondheim. After escaping from there he fled to Shetland on the fishcutter Sigurd in 1941, together with Joachim Rønneberg and others. He went via London to Little Norway, where he was trained as a pilot and joined the No. 332 Squadron RAF. He was shot down on 19 August 1942 in a Spitfire by a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 near Dieppe, and was captured by Germans again. He was imprisoned in Stalag Luft III, and helped with preparing the "Great Escape", but was moved to another camp before the escape actually took place. He competed in the 1946 US Open and the 1947, 1949 and 1950 Wimbledon Championships. He also invited former Stalag inmate Eric Sturgess from South Africa to play in Norway on several occasions. Staubo was also a national team player in bandy, and he played ice hockey. Staubo became an honorary member of the IOC after retiring at the age of 80.

Staubo lived at a farm in Staubø in his later life. He died in June 2003.