Verena "Vreni" Schneider (born 26 November 1964) is a retired ski racer from Switzerland. She is the most successful alpine ski racer of her country, the fourth most successful female ski racer ever (after Lindsey Vonn, Annemarie Moser-Pröll and Mikaela Shiffrin) and was voted "Swiss Sportswoman of the Century".
Swiss alpine skier
Vreni Schneider
Alpine skier
Disciplines
Technical Events
Club
SC Elm
Born
26 November 1964(1964-11-26) (age57) Elm, Switzerland
Height
1.70m (5ft 7in)
World Cup debut
1984
Retired
1995
Olympics
Teams
3
Medals
5 (3 gold)
World Championships
Teams
4
Medals
6 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons
12
Wins
55
Podiums
101
Overall titles
3
Discipline titles
11
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Switzerland
World Cup race podiums
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Slalom
34
10
3
Giant slalom
20
14
12
Downhill
0
0
1
Super-G
0
0
2
Combined
1
4
0
Total
55
28
18
International competitions
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
3
1
1
World Championships
3
2
1
Total
6
3
2
Olympic Games
1994 Lillehammer
Slalom
1988 Calgary
Slalom
1988 Calgary
Giant slalom
1994 Lillehammer
Combined
1994 Lillehammer
Giant slalom
Alpine World Ski Championships
1987 Crans Montana
Giant slalom
1989 Vail
Giant slalom
1991 Saalbach
Slalom
1989 Vail
Slalom
1989 Vail
Combined
1991 Saalbach
Combined
Vreni Schneider at Internationale Sportnacht Davos.
Early life
Schneider was born in Elm, the daughter of a shoemaker. Her mother died of cancer when Schneider was a teenager: as a result she put her ski career on hold and dropped out of school to look after the family home.[1]
Racing career
Schneider made her World Cup debut at the age of 20.[1] Schneider 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 four all-time among women to Moser-Pröll, Vonn and Shiffrin). 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).[2]
During the 1988–89 season she won 14 World Cup races, a record for single season wins that stood until Shiffrin beat that record in the 2018–19 season.
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.
Johnson, William Oscar (27 January 1988). "Smooth as Clockwork". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; etal. "Vreni Schneider". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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