Hedy Schlunegger

Olympic medal record
Women's Alpine Skiing
	1948 St. Moritz	Downhill

Hedy Kaufmann-Schlunegger (10 March 1923 – 3 July 2003) was a Swiss alpine skier. At the 1948 Winter Olympics, Hedy Schlunegger was the first Olympic Gold medalist in Lady's Downhill skiing.

After her success in skiing, Hedy Kaufmann-Schlunegger and her husband managed a sporting goods store in Grindelwald. Olympic medalist Martina Schild is her granddaughter.

External links

Skiclub Wengen: Hedy Schlunegger (German)
Kaufmann Sport Grindelwald: Geschichte (German)
Jungfrau-Zeitung: Unsere Verstorbenen: Hedwig Kaufmann-Schlunegger (German)
'Heidi' Schlunegger at the International Ski Federation

Olympic champions in women's downhill

1948: Hedy Schlunegger
1952: Trude Beiser-Jochum
1956: Madeleine Berthod
1960: Heidi Biebl
1964: Christl Haas
1968: Olga Pall
1972: Marie-Theres Nadig
1976: Rosi Mittermaier
1980: Annemarie Moser-Pröll
1984: Michela Figini
1988: Marina Kiehl
1992: Kerrin Lee-Gartner
1994: Katja Seizinger
1998: Katja Seizinger
2002: Carole Montillet
2006: Michaela Dorfmeister
2010: Lindsey Vonn
2014: Tina Maze & Dominique Gisin

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