Sandra Schmitt

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Sandra Schmitt Freestyle skiing
nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday April 26, 1981
place of birth Moerfelden
size 168 cm
Weight 55 kg
date of death November 11, 2000
Place of death Kaprun, Austria
Career
discipline Moguls, dual moguls
Medal table
World championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships
gold Hasliberg 1999 Dual moguls
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup 5th December 1997
 World Cup victories 5
 Overall World Cup 5th ( 1999/2000 )
 Mughal World Cup 3rd (1999/2000)
 Dual Moguls World Cup 3rd (1999/2000)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Moguls 3 0 1
 Dual moguls 2 1 3
 

Sandra Schmitt (born April 26, 1981 in Mörfelden , † November 11, 2000 in Kaprun , Austria ) was a German freestyle skier . She was on the moguls specialized disciplines, contained moguls and dual moguls. Her greatest achievement was winning the dual moguls world title in 1999.

biography

From January 1997 Schmitt started in the European Cup and immediately established himself at the top with a victory in her first participation. She made her debut in the Freestyle World Cup on December 5, 1997 in Tignes ; with 10th place in the Moguls competition, she also won her first World Cup points. With three other top 10 placements, she qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , where she finished 9th. On January 16, 1999, she achieved her first World Cup victory in Steamboat Springs .

At the 1999 World Cup in Hasliberg , Schmitt won the gold medal in the Dual Moguls discipline. She prevailed against the Norwegian Kari Traa in the finals . During the 1999/2000 World Cup season, she won four times, plus three more podium places. In both the Moguls and the Dual Moguls disciplines she came in 3rd place, and in the overall World Cup ranking it was fifth.

Schmitt died on November 11, 2000 in the fire disaster of the glacier lift in Kaprun , together with her parents and an alpine training group of the German Ski Association .

successes

Olympic games

World championships

World cup

  • Season 1998/99 : 5. Dual Moguls World Cup
  • Season 1999/2000 : 5th overall World Cup moguls third World Cup, the third Dual Moguls World Cup
  • 10 podium places, including 5 wins:
date place country discipline
January 16, 1999 Steamboat Springs United States Dual moguls
January 8, 2000 Deer Valley United States Moguls
January 29, 2000 Madarao Japan Dual moguls
January 30, 2000 Madarao Japan Moguls
March 15, 2000 Livigno Italy Moguls

More Achievements

  • 4 podium places in the European Cup

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Glacier cable car disaster: Freestyle star Sandra Schmitt among the victims. In: Der Spiegel . November 12, 2000, accessed January 4, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Schmitt, Sandra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German freestyle skier
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Moerfelden
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 2000
Place of death Kaprun , Austria