Ida Schöpfer

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameIda•Schöpfer (-Bieri)
Used nameIda•Schöpfer
Born22 October 1929 in Flühli, Luzern (SUI)
Died7 June 2014 in Flühli, Luzern (SUI)
NOC Switzerland

Biography

Ida Schöpfer made the Swiss ski team in 1949 and in the early 1950s was the top Swiss female skiier, winning 10 national titles – 1951 giant slalom; 1952 downhill, slalom, combined; 1953 downhill, giant slalom; combined; and 1954 giant slalom, slalom, combined. She also won a silver medal in giant slalom at Holmenkollen in 1951. Her greatest tournament was the 1954 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, where Schöpfer won the downhill and combined, and added a silver in the slalom. This came after the Swiss Ski Federation threatened not to send a women’s team to the championship because of lack of funds, but they eventually relented and entered Schöpfer and Madeleine Berthod.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1952 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing (Skiing) SUI Ida Schöpfer
Downhill, Women (Olympic) =10
Giant Slalom, Women (Olympic) 16
Slalom, Women (Olympic) DNF

Special Notes