Vreni Schneider biography
Vreni Schneider, (born November 26, 1964, Elm, Switzerland), Swiss Alpine skier who was the dominant feminine skier of her era and one of many best skiers within the historical past of the slalom and big slalom occasions. She was the primary lady to build up three gold medals in Alpine snowboarding.
A shoemaker’s daughter from the tiny city of Elm in japanese Switzerland, Schneider started snowboarding when she was three years outdated. As a member of the Swiss nationwide ski staff, she was the general World Cup victor 3 times (1989, 1994, and 1995), and for 10 successive years she was by no means out of the highest six within the ultimate rankings. Her six titles in slalom and 5 in big slalom had been unmatched. In the 1988–89 season she gained a file 13 World Cup races and a mixed occasion, together with all seven slaloms held that winter.
At the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Schneider captured gold medals within the slalom and big slalom occasions. The 1992 Games in Albertville, France, had been a disappointment as she fell within the big slalom and will do no higher than seventh within the slalom. She returned to type on the 1994 Games in Lillehammer, Norway, successful a gold medal within the slalom, a silver within the mixed, and a bronze within the big slalom.
Schneider usually was cautious on her first run of a contest, solely to make a daredevil run on the second descent that normally put stress on her opponents. She retired from aggressive snowboarding after the 1994–95 World Cup season. In her profession she gained 55 World Cup races, which on the time of her retirement positioned her second solely to Austrian downhiller Annemarie Moser-Pröll.