Martina Schild

Martina Schild
Personal information
Born	26 October 1981; Brienz, Switzerland
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Switzerland
Olympic Games

Martina Schild (born 26 October 1981, in Brienz) is a Swiss alpine skier competing in downhill and super-G.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won the silver medal in the women's downhill. She placed 6th in the women's super-G.[1]

She is the granddaughter of skier Hedy Schlunegger (1923–2003), who was the Olympic downhill champion of 1948.[2] Due to persistent back problems, Martina Schild announced her retirement from active ski racing before the start of the 2013/14 season.[3]

World Cup victories

Date	Location	Race
2 December 2007	Lake Louise	Super-G

References

"Martina Schild". 2006 Winter Olympics profile. Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
"Skiing: Women downhillers show why they're a different breed". International Herald Tribune. 16 February 2006. Archived from the original on 22 November 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
Kux, Ernst (January 1965). "North Vietnam's doctrine". Survival. 7 (1): 10–12. doi:10.1080/00396336508440506. ISSN 0039-6338.

External links

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[1] "Martina Schild". 2006 Winter Olympics profile. Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2007.

[2] "Skiing: Women downhillers show why they're a different breed". International Herald Tribune. 16 February 2006. Archived from the original on 22 November 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

[3] Kux, Ernst (January 1965). "North Vietnam's doctrine". Survival. 7 (1): 10–12. doi:10.1080/00396336508440506. ISSN 0039-6338.