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Hedy Schlunegger

1923 - 2003

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Hedy Kaufmann-Schlunegger (10 March 1923 – 5 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hedy Schlunegger has received more than 16,529 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hedy Schlunegger is the 42nd most popular skier (up from 116th in 2019), the 409th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 538th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Hedy Schlunegger ranks 42 out of 817. Before her are Christl Cranz, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Anderl Molterer, Alevtina Kolchina, Émile Allais, and Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. After her are Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Bojan Križaj, Marit Bjørgen, Vegard Ulvang, Tormod Knutsen, and Inger Aufles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Hedy Schlunegger ranks 265. Before her are James Arness, Fats Navarro, Ahti Karjalainen, Juan Burgueño, Rudolf Augstein, and Israel Gutman. After her are Jean Hagen, William Windom, V. C. Andrews, Hanna Maron, Bror Mellberg, and Aleksandra Chudina. Among people deceased in 2003, Hedy Schlunegger ranks 192. Before her are Alexander Kemurdzhian, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Pierre Poujade, Walter Zapp, Adam Osborne, and Vera Ralston. After her are Garrett Hardin, Timothy Treadwell, Olle Anderberg, Flóra Kádár, Izzat Ghazzawi, and Kriangsak Chamanan.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Hedy Schlunegger ranks 409 out of 1,015. Before her are Elisabeth Kopp (1936), Christian Gross (1954), Corina Casanova (1956), Pierre Viret (1511), Justus Dahinden (1925), and Adolf Meyer (1866). After her are Jean Reynier (1771), Charles Journet (1891), Hermann Obrist (1863), Walter Thurnherr (1963), Albert Meyer (1870), and Anita Traversi (1937).

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Among SKIERS In Switzerland

Among skiers born in Switzerland, Hedy Schlunegger ranks 2. Before her are Pirmin Zurbriggen (1963). After her are Bernhard Russi (1948), Madeleine Berthod (1931), Vreni Schneider (1964), Simon Ammann (1981), Renée Colliard (1933), Lara Gut-Behrami (1991), Marie-Theres Nadig (1954), Walter Steiner (1951), Yvonne Rüegg (1938), and Heini Hemmi (1949).

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