Anita Schwaller

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Anita Schwaller (born May 2, 1975 in Innsbruck ) is a Swiss snowboarder and world champion.

Schwaller became world champion in the halfpipe at the World Championships in Innichen (Italy) on January 24, 1997 . In 1997 and 1998 she became European champion in the same discipline.

She started for the International Snowboarding Federation (ISF) and was not afraid to criticize the International Ski Federation FIS .

She was used as a co-commentator at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. The performance was informative, but ended without many words. After the Swiss Gian Simmen had made a "gala appearance", she was no longer able to say anything because of happiness. She herself came in 11th at the Olympic Games in Nagano. There, too, she did not hold back with her opinion. After criticizing the snowboarders, she said "It is not fair that everyone is picking on us snowboarders now. We also have each other not torn about Olympia, but Olympia wanted us. "

She developed and styled snowboards for women with the Nidecker company .

Schwaller is also involved in social areas, e.g. B. for an apprenticeship campaign by the Swiss Confederation.

She was awarded the Freiburg Sports Prize in 1997. The individual sports prize rewards an athlete from Freiburg or living in the canton of Friborg.

literature

  • Christof Weiß: Snowboarding Experts. Freeriding - Race - Freestyle. Blv Buchverlag 1996, ISBN 3405150272 (Schwaller supported the author of the book with her knowledge)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the ISF - European Snowboard Championships women
  2. ↑ Snowboarder: The wild times are over Article in the time of Johannes Schweikle (1997).
  3. ↑ Swiss television page
  4. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of February 13, 1998
  5. ↑ Snowboard.at
  6. ^ Homepage of Swiss Vocational Education and Training
  7. ^ Freiburg Sports Prize
personal data
SURNAME Schwaller, Anita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss snowboarder
DATE OF BIRTH May 2nd 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck