Marlies Schild

Marlies Schild was a speed skating specialist before turning to Alpine skiing after receiving several injuries at a young age.

Schild became a slalom specialist and participated in four consecutive Winter Olympics from Salt Lake City 2002 to Sochi 2014. She won three slalom medals with a bronze in 2006 and two silvers in 2010 and 2014. In 2006, she also won silver in the Alpine combined.

Schild was also successful at World Championships with two gold medals, with the Austrian team in 2007 and in the slalom event in 2011. She added three silver medals in the slalom in 2003 and 2007 and with the team in 2011. Also, she collected two bronze medals in the alpine combined events in 2005 and 2007.

At the World Cup, Schild won 35 races in slalom events and became (as of 2026) the most successful Austrian slalom racer ever. She won the overall slalom title four times in 2007-08, 2011-12. She also won the Alpine combined overall in 2007.

Nationally, Schild won five Austrian slalom titles in 2002-03, 2008, 2010-11. In 2012 and 2014 she was named Sportswoman of the Year in Austria. Marlies Schild became the sister-in-law of Carina Raich and her husband Mario Stecher. Schild married her teammate Benjamin Raich, and they raised two sons and a daughter. She was also the sister of Bernadette Schild.