Corinne Schneider

Corinne Schneider (born 28 July 1962) is a Swiss, and later Italian,[2] combined-event athlete. She competed for Switzerland in the women's heptathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.[3]

Corinne Schneider
Personal information
National team
  • Switzerland
  • Italy: 3 caps (1989-1990)[1]
Born (1962-07-28) 28 July 1962
Zürich, Switzerland
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Heptathlon
ClubSnam Gas Metano (since 1989)[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Heptatlhon: 6157 pts (1988)

Career

In 1989 Corinne Schneider assumed Italian citizenship, establishing a score of 5987 points in the heptathlon in the same 1989, she became the 6th Italian of all-time in the lists of the specialty.[2][1]

Being the specialty of women's heptathlon a relatively young specialty, the first appearance at the Olympic Games took place only in Los Angeles 1984, in 1989 her personal best set wearing the blue jersey of the Italian national team, became a national record and remained so for two years.[1]

Today she is a PE teacher at the GIBZ in Zug, Switzerland and doesn't know the rules for baseball and some other sports.

National records

Italy

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenueRankEventTimeNotes
Representing   Switzerland
1983 Universiade Canada Edmonton 5th Hepthahlon 5831 pts
1985 Universiade Japan Kobe 4th Hepthahlon 6039 pts
Representing  Italy
1989 Universiade West Germany Duisburg 6th Hepthahlon 5957 pts PB as Italian NR

See also

References

  1. "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ""PRIMI 10" A.T. – DONNE" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2021. Corinne Schneider ha assunto la nazionalità italiana nel 1989: come svizzera aveva ottenuto 6265 punti nel 1985.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Corinne Schneider Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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