Sandra Schmitt
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 Sandra Schmitt after winning her Gold Medal in 1999 | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 April 1981 Mörfelden, West Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 November 2000 (aged 19) Kaprun, Austria | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Moguls, Dual Moguls | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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- 1981 births
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- Sportspeople from Darmstadt (region)
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- Railway accident deaths in Austria
- Deaths from fire
- 20th-century German women
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