Vreni Schneider is described in the public record as Swiss alpine ski racer. Born in Elm, Switzerland, in 1964.
Verena "Vreni" Schneider (born 26 November 1964) is a retired ski racer from Switzerland. She is the most successful alpine ski racer of her country, the fourth most successful female ski racer ever (after Lindsey Vonn, Annemarie Moser-Pröll and Mikaela Shiffrin) and was voted "Swiss Sportswoman of the Century". == Early life == Schneider was born in Elm, the daughter of a shoemaker. Her mother died of cancer when Schneider was a teenager: as a result she put her ski career on hold and dropped out of school to look after the family home. == Racing career == Schneider made her World Cup debut at the age of 20. Schneider won the overall alpine skiing World Cup three times and eleven discipline World Cups in Slalom and Giant slalom, along with 55 World Cup races (number four all-time among women to Moser-Pröll, Vonn and Shiffrin).
Vreni Schneider is recorded among the figures by whom winter sports is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.
Winter sport careers are shaped by a competition calendar of a few months a year and by conditions that differ at every venue.
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