Georges Schneider

Georges Schneider
Medal record
Competitor for   Switzerland
Men’s Alpine skiing
World championship
Gold 1950 Aspen Slalom

Georges Schneider (July 11, 1925 September 10, 1963) was a Swiss alpine skier and world champion.

He was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds.

Schneider became a world champion in the slalom in Aspen in 1950, before Zeno Colo and Stein Eriksen.[1]

Olympic record

He participated at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo where he finished 5th in giant slalom, and at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, where he finished 5th in slalom.

References

  1. Official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships FIS-ski.com - (Retrieved on 15 November 2008)