Rainer Schönfelder

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Olympic medalist
Rainer Schönfelder
Medal record
Men's Alpine skiing
Bronze	2006 Turin	Combined
Bronze	2006 Turin	Slalom

Rainer Schönfelder (born June 13, 1977) is an Austrian skier who won the 2003-2004 men's World Cup slalom title.

Contents 1 Career 2 World Cup results 2.1 Overall 2.2 Individual victories ictories 3 Notes

[edit] Career

Born in Bleiburg, Carinthia, Austria, Schönfelder made his debut in the 1995-1996 season, finishing 115th in the overall rankings. He quickly began to excel in the slalom events, and improved his position in the overall World Cup standing to 10th place by the 2003-2004 season.

Apart from his slalom success in the 2003-2004 World Cup, his other achievements include 2 bronze medals (combined and slalom) at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy and a 4th place in the combined event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

On March 27, 2004, Schönfelder tested positive for the stimulant Etilephrine at the Austrian slalom championships. However, he was not banned and is competing in 2004/05, since it was found that he had taken the substance inadvertently while undergoing treatment of influenza.^[1]

Rainer Schönfelder has also had some success as a pop singer in Austria, especially with a cover version of Wolfgang Ambros' classic hit "Schifoan" (meaning "skiing").

Schönfelder made headlines on January 10, 2007 by skiing nude after losing a bet with his physiotherapist.^[2]

[edit] World Cup results

[edit] Overall

Season	Discipline
2004	Slalom

[edit] Individual victories ictories

Date	Location	Race
6 February 2000	Todtnau	Slalom
20 January 2002	Kitzbühel	Slalom
24 November 2002	Park City	Slalom
8 March 2003	Shigakogen	Slalom
8 February 2004	Adelboden	Slalom

Persondata
NAME	Schonfelder, Rainer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Austrian Alpine skier
DATE OF BIRTH	June 13, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

[edit] Notes