Vreni Schneider
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women’s Alpine Skiing | |||
| Gold | 1994 Lillehammer | Slalom | |
| Gold | 1988 Calgary | Slalom | |
| Gold | 1988 Calgary | Giant Slalom | |
| Silver | 1994 Lillehammer | Combined | |
| Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | Giant Slalom | |
Verena "Vreni" Schneider (born November 26, 1964 in Elm) is a former ski racer from Switzerland. She is the most successful alpine ski racer of her country, the second most successful female ski racer in the world (after Janica Kostelić) and was elected "Swiss Sportswoman of the Century".
She won the overall skiing world cup three times and eleven world cups in Slalom and Giant Slalom. She also won 55 world cup races, five medals at the Winter Olympics, and six medals at the World Championships including 3 golds (Giant Slalom at Crans-Montana in 1987 and Vail in 1989; Slalom at Saalbach in 1991).
During the 1988/89 season she won 14 world cup races. Nobody had ever achieved this before (the Swede Ingemar Stenmark once won 13 races). This record has not been beaten so far.
In April 1995, after eleven successful seasons, she announced her retirement. Today she runs a ski and snowboard school in her home village of Elm as well as a sport equipment shop in Glarus.
[edit] Successes
- 1st place giant slalom
- 1st place slalom
- 1st place slalom
- 2nd place combination
- 3rd place giant slalom
1987 alpine skiing world championships:
- 1st place giant slalom
1989 alpine skiing world championships:
- 1st place giant slalom
- 2nd place slalom
- 2nd place combination
1991 alpine skiing world championships:
- 1st place slalom
- 3rd place combination
Winner of overall world cup: 1989, 1994, 1995.
Winner of giant slalom world cup: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995.
Winner of slalom world cup: 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995.
55 wins in world cup races (20 giant slalom, 34 slalom, 1 combinate)
[edit] External links
- Website of Vreni Schneider's ski school (in German)
| World champions in women's slalom |
|---|
| 1931: Esme MacKinnon |1933: Inge Wersin-Lantschner | 1934: Christl Cranz | 1936: Gerda Paumgarten | 1938: Christl Cranz | 1939: Christl Cranz | 1948: Gretchen Fraser | 1952: Andrea Mead-Lawrence | 1954: Trude Klecker | 1956: Renée Colliard | 1958: Inge Björnbakken | 1960: Anne Heggtveit | 1962: Marianne Jahn | 1964: Christine Goitschel | 1966: Annie Famose | 1968: Marielle Goitschel | 1972: Barbara Cochran | 1974: Hanni Wenzel | 1976: Rosi Mittermaier | 1978: Lea Solkner | 1980: Hanni Wenzel | 1982: Erika Hess | 1985: Perrine Pelen | 1987: Erika Hess | 1989: Mateja Svet | 1991: Vreni Schneider | 1993: Karin Buder | 1996: Pernilla Wiberg | 1997: Deborah Compagnoni | 1999: Zali Steggall | 2001: Anja Pärson | 2003: Janica Kostelić | 2005: Janica Kostelić |
| World Champions in Women's Giant Slalom |
|---|
| 1950: Dagmar Rom | 1952: Andrea Mead-Lawrence | 1954: Lucienne Schmith | 1956: Ossi Reichert | 1958: Lucille Wheeler | 1960: Yvonne Rüegg | 1962: Marianne Jahn | 1964: Marielle Goitschel | 1966: Marielle Goitschel | 1968: Nancy Greene | 1972: Marie-Theres Nadig | 1974: Fabienne Serrat | 1976: Kathy Kreiner | 1978: Maria Epple | 1980: Hanni Wenzel | 1982: Erika Hess | 1985: Diann Roffe | 1987: Vreni Schneider | 1989: Vreni Schneider | 1991: Pernilla Wiberg | 1993: Carole Merle | 1996: Deborah Compagnoni | 1997: Deborah Compagnoni | 1999: Alexandra Meissnitzer | 2001: Sonja Nef | 2003: Anja Pärson | 2005: Anja Pärson |
| Olympic champions in women's slalom |
|---|
| 1948: Gretchen Fraser | 1952: Andrea Mead-Lawrence | 1956: Renée Colliard | 1960: Anne Heggtveit | 1964: Christine Goitschel | 1968: Marielle Goitschel | 1972: Barbara Cochran | 1976: Rosi Mittermaier | 1980: Hanni Wenzel | 1984: Paoletta Magoni | 1988: Vreni Schneider | 1992: Petra Kronberger | 1994: Vreni Schneider | 1998: Hilde Gerg | 2002: Janica Kostelić | 2006: Anja Pärson |
| Olympic champions in women's giant slalom |
|---|
| 1952: Andrea Mead-Lawrence | 1956: Ossi Reichert | 1960: Yvonne Rüegg | 1964: Marielle Goitschel | 1968: Nancy Greene | 1972: Marie-Theres Nadig | 1976: Kathy Kreiner | 1980: Hanni Wenzel | 1984: Debbie Armstrong | 1988: Vreni Schneider | 1992: Pernilla Wiberg | 1994: Deborah Compagnoni | 1998: Deborah Compagnoni | 2002: Janica Kostelić | 2006: Julia Mancuso |
