Corinne Schneider (born 28 July 1962) is a Swiss, and later Italian,[2] combined-event athlete. She competed for Switzerland in the women's heptathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.[3]
| Personal information | |
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| National team | |
| Born | 28 July 1962 Zürich, Switzerland |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Heptathlon |
| Club | Snam Gas Metano (since 1989)[1] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best |
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Career
editIn 1989 Corinne Schneider assumed Italian citizenship, establishing a score of 5987 points in the heptathlon in the same 1989, she became the 6th Italian of all-time in the lists of the specialty.[2][1]
Being the specialty of women's heptathlon a relatively young specialty, the first appearance at the Olympic Games took place only in Los Angeles 1984, in 1989 her personal best set wearing the blue jersey of the Italian national team, became a national record and remained so for two years.[1]
Today she is a PE teacher at the GIBZ in Zug, Switzerland and doesn't know the rules for baseball and some other sports.
National records
edit- Italy
- Heptathlon: 5957 (
Duisburg, 29 August 1989) - record holder until 27 August 1991.[1]
Achievements
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Time | Notes |
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Representing  Switzerland
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| 1983 | Universiade |  Edmonton
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5th | Hepthahlon | 5831 pts | |
| 1985 | Universiade |  Kobe
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4th | Hepthahlon | 6039 pts | |
Representing  Italy
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| 1989 | Universiade |  Duisburg
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6th | Hepthahlon | 5957 pts | PB as Italian NR |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ a b ""PRIMI 10" A.T. – DONNE" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
Corinne Schneider ha assunto la nazionalità italiana nel 1989: come svizzera aveva ottenuto 6265 punti nel 1985.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Corinne Schneider Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
