Vreni Schneider

Alpine skiing, Olympic athlete

1964 –

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Who is Vreni Schneider?

Verena Schneider is a former ski racer from Switzerland. She is the most successful alpine ski racer of her country, the third most successful female ski racer ever 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. She also won five medals at the Winter Olympics including 3 golds, and six medals at the World Championships including 3 more golds.

During the 1988–89 season she won 14 World Cup races. Nobody had ever achieved this before, 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.

Vreni Schneider is praised in the Half Man Half Biscuit song 'Uffington Wassail' thus: "Vreni Schneider - you’re my downhill lady! Vreni Schneider - you’re the queen of the slopes!" The song is on the album 'Trouble Over Bridgwater' from the year 2000.

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Born
Nov 26, 1964
Elm
Nationality
  • Switzerland

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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