Tanja Schneider

Tanja Schneider
nation	Austria
birthday	19th February 1974 (age 46)
place of birth	Lienz , Austria
size	158 cm
Career
discipline	Downhill, super-G, giant slalom
society	TSU Kartitsch
status	resigned
End of career	2004
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut February 26, 1993  Overall World Cup 10. ( 1999/00 )  Downhill World Cup 6. (1999/00)  Super G World Cup 6. (1999/00)  Giant Slalom World Cup 23. (1999/00)
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Departure 0 1 0  Super G 0 1 2

Tanja Schneider (born February 19, 1974 in Lienz / East Tyrol ) is a former Austrian ski racer . Her specialty disciplines were downhill , super-G and giant slalom .

biography

Schneider started for the ski club TSU Kartitsch (East Tyrol). Tanja Schneider first became aware of the Austrian youth championships in 1989/90 when she won the downhill. The following year she won again in the downhill, the Super-G and in the combination . She also took second place in giant slalom and fourth in slalom .

At the Junior World Championship in 1991 , she disappointed when she only reached 25th place in the Super-G. She made her debut in the World Cup on February 26, 1993 in Veysonnaz with a 29th place. This season she was allowed to start in the Super-G in Morzine and on the downhill run from Kvitfjell . In 1998 she won the European Cup in Super-G .

In her career, the second places in January 2000 on the downhill run from Cortina d'Ampezzo and the Super-G from Altenmarkt were the best placings. In addition, she achieved two third places in world cup races. The low body weight was a major disadvantage for the excellent technician.

Tanja Schneider took 16th place in the Super-G at the 2001 World Ski Championships in St. Anton am Arlberg . At the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City , she was also used in the Super-G, but could not finish the race.

After the 2003/04 season , Schneider ended her career.

successes

Alpine World Ski Championships

• 16th place in the Super-G at the World Championships in St. Anton

Alpine Ski World Cup

• 2nd place in the Downhill of Cortina d'Ampezzo 2000
• 2nd place in the Super-G of Altenmarkt 2000
• 10th place overall ranking 1999/2000

More Achievements

• 2 victories in European Cup races
• 7 victories in FIS races

Web links

• Tanja Schneider in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
• Tanja Schneider in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Tanja Schneider in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )