Willy Schneider

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Medal record
Skeleton
World Championships
Gold 1998 St. Moritz Men
Bronze 1999 Altenberg Men

Wilfried "Willy" Schneider (born March 13, 1963) is a German skeleton racer who competed from 1992 to 2002. He won two medals in the men's skeleton event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1998 and a bronze in 1999.

Schneider also finish ninth in the men's skeleton event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

He won the men's overall Skeleton World Cup title in 1997-8.

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World champions in men's skeleton.
1982: Gert Elsässer * 1989: Alain Wicki * 1990: Michael Grünberger * 1991: Christian Auer * 1992: Bruce Sandford * 1993: Andi Schmid * 1994: Gregor Stähli * 1995: Jürg Wenger * 1996: Ryan Davenport * 1997: Ryan Davenport * 1998: Willy Schneider * 1999: Jimmy Shea * 2000: Andy Böhme * 2001: Martin Rettl * 2003: Jeff Pain * 2004: Duff Gibson * 2005: Jeff Pain * 2007: Gregor Stähli * 2008: Kristan Bromley
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World Cup champions in men's skeleton
1986-7: Andi Schmid * 1987-8: Andi Schmid * 1988-9: Alain Wicki * 1989-90: Christian Auer * 1990-1: Christian Auer * 1991-2: Christian Auer * 1992-3: Franz Plangger * 1993-4: Christian Auer * 1994-5: Christian Auer * 1995-6: Ryan Davenport * 1996-7: Alexander Müller * 1997-8: Willy Schneider * 1998-9: Andy Böhme * 1999-2000: Andy Böhme * 2000-1: Lincoln DeWitt * 2001-2: Gregor Stähli * 2002-3: Chris Soule * 2003-4: Kristan Bromley * 2004-5: Jeff Pain * 2005-6: Jeff Pain * 2006-7: Zach Lund * 2007-8: Kristan Bromley
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