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 | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1987 Crans Montana | Giant Slalom | |
| Gold | 1989 Vail | Giant Slalom | |
| Gold | 1991 Saalbach | Slalom | |
| Silver | 1989 Vail | Slalom | |
| Silver | 1989 Vail | Combined | |
| Bronze | 1991 Saalbach | Combined | |
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 ever (after Annemarie Moser-Pröll) and was elected "Swiss Sportswoman of the Century".
She won the overall alpine skiing World Cup three times and eleven discipline World Cups in Slalom and Giant Slalom, along with 55 World Cup races (number two all-time among women to Moser-Pröll). She also won five medals at the Winter Olympics including 3 golds (Slalom and Giant Slalom at Calgary in 1988 and Slalom at Lillehammer in 1994), and six medals at the World Championships including 3 more 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), and her record has yet to be beaten since then.
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.
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1967: Nancy Greene | 1968: Nancy Greene | 1969: Gertrude Gabl | 1970: Michèle Jacot | 1971: Annemarie Pröll | 1972: Annemarie Pröll | 1973: Annemarie Pröll | 1974: Annemarie Pröll | 1975: Annemarie Moser-Pröll | 1976: Rosi Mittermaier | 1977: Lise-Marie Morerod | 1978: Hanni Wenzel | 1979: Annemarie Moser-Pröll | 1980: Hanni Wenzel | 1981: Marie-Theres Nadig | 1982: Erika Hess | 1983: Tamara McKinney | 1984: Erika Hess | 1985: Michela Figini | 1986: Maria Walliser | 1987: Maria Walliser | 1988: Michela Figini | 1989: Vreni Schneider | 1990: Petra Kronberger | 1991: Petra Kronberger | 1992: Petra Kronberger | 1993: Anita Wachter | 1994: Vreni Schneider | 1995: Vreni Schneider | 1996: Katja Seizinger | 1997: Pernilla Wiberg | 1998: Katja Seizinger | 1999: Alexandra Meissnitzer | 2000: Renate Götschl | 2001: Janica Kostelić | 2002: Michaela Dorfmeister | 2003: Janica Kostelić | 2004: Anja Pärson | 2005: Anja Pärson | 2006: Janica Kostelić | 2007: Nicole Hosp
1931: Esme Mackinnon | 1932: Rösli Streiff | 1933: Inge Wersin-Lantschner | 1934: Christl Cranz | 1935: Anny Rüegg | 1936: Gerda Paumgarten | 1937: Christl Cranz | 1938: Christl Cranz | 1939: Christl Cranz | 1948: Gretchen Fraser | 1950: Dagmar Rom | 1952: Andrea Mead-Lawrence | 1954: Trude Klecker | 1956: Renée Colliard | 1958: Inger Bjørnbakken | 1960: Anne Heggtveit | 1962: Marianne Jahn | 1964: Christine Goitschel | 1966: Annie Famose | 1968: Marielle Goitschel | 1970: Ingrid Lafforgue | 1972: Barbara Cochran | 1974: Hanni Wenzel | 1976: Rosi Mittermaier | 1978: Lea Sölkner | 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 | 2007: Šárka Záhrobská
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 | 1970: Betsy Clifford | 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 | 2007: Nicole Hosp
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
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
