Vreni Schneider

Vreni Schneider

Personal information
Born	26 November 1964 (1964-11-26) (age 59) Elm, Switzerland
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Technical Events
Club	SC Elm
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

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".