Maya Pedersen-Bieri
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Birth name | Maya Bieri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 27 November 1972 Spiez, Switzerland | (age 51)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maya Pedersen-Bieri (born 27 November 1972 in Spiez) is a Swiss-Norwegian skeleton racer who has competed since 1995. She won the gold medal in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She retired from the sport in 2010 before returning to compete for Norway (the country of her husband and coach, Snorre Pedersen) in 2016,[2] becoming at the oldest woman to start a World Cup race when she returned to the top level of skeleton in 2017. She is listed in the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation athlete registration system as Maya Pedersen.[1]
Born in Spiez, Switzerland, Pedersen-Bieri is married to Snorre Pedersen (who is her trainer), has two children, both of her children are females and lives in Øyer near Lillehammer, Norway.[citation needed]
Notable results
Before retiring in 2010, Pederen-Bieri was one of the most successful skeleton athletes in the world. Pedersen-Bieri won the
Pedersen-Bieri was European champion in 2006 (in
In 2016, Pedersen-Bieri began a comeback, sliding now for Norway, racing on the two
References
- ^ a b c d "Maya PEDERSEN". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
- ^ a b Stahlhacke, Angela (13 December 2017). "Media Guide Athletes: Skeleton — Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
Other sources
- "Huber edges Szymkowiak in Altenberg World Cup". International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. 5 December 2008. Accessed 6 December 2008.
- Skeleton Sport profile: Maya Pedersen at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-28)
- 2002 women's skeleton results (todor66.com)
- List of women's skeleton World Cup champions since 1997 (sports123.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-11-05)
- Women's skeleton Olympic medalists since 2002 (sports123.com) Archived 2009-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Women's skeleton world championship medalists since 2000 (sports123.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-03-04)
External links
- Official website
- Maya Pedersen at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
- Maya Pedersen at Olympics.com
- Maya Pedersen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)