Sandra Schmitt - Wikipedia

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Sandra Schmitt

Sandra Schmitt after winning her Gold Medal in 1999

Personal information

Nationality

German

Born

26 April 1981
Mörfelden, West Germany

Died

11 November 2000 (aged 19)
Kaprun, Austria

Sport

Country

Germany

Sport

Freestyle skiing

Event(s)

Moguls, Dual Moguls

Medal record

Women's freestyle skiing

Representing Germany
Freestyle World Ski Championships
	1999 Meiringen-Hailberg	Dual moguls

Sandra Schmitt (April 26, 1981 – November 11, 2000) was a German freestyle skier. In 1998, she came 9th in the Women's Moguls contest at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.^[1] She became the Women's Dual Moguls World Champion in 1999. Schmitt died with her parents in the Kaprun disaster on 11 November 2000.^[2]^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Freestyle-Star Sandra Schmitt unter den Opfern". Spiegel Online (in German). 12 November 2000. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
^ Samuel, John (17 November 2000). "Sandra Schmitt - Freestyle skiing champion cheated of Olympic chance". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

External links[edit]

v t e World champions in women's freestyle skiing dual moguls
1999: Sandra Schmitt (GER) 2001: Kari Traa (NOR) 2003: Kari Traa (NOR) 2005: Jennifer Heil (CAN) 2007: Jennifer Heil (CAN) 2009: Aiko Uemura (JPN) 2011: Jennifer Heil (CAN) 2013: Chloé Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) 2015: Hannah Kearney (USA) 2017: Perrine Laffont (FRA) 2019: Perrine Laffont (FRA) 2021: Anastasia Smirnova (RSF) 2023: Perrine Laffont (FRA)