Maya Pedersen-Bieri
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{{MedalSport|[[Skeleton (sport)|Skeleton]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]]|[[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Women]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[FIBT World Championships 2001|2001 Calgary]]|Women}}
{{MedalGold|[[FIBT World Championships 2005|2005 Calgary]]|Women}}
{{MedalSilver|[[FIBT World Championships 2007|2007 St. Moritz]]|Women}}
{{MedalBronze|[[FIBT World Championships 2007|2007 St. Moritz]]|Mixed team}}
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'''Maya Pedersen-Bieri''' (born [[27 November]] [[1972]]) is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[skeleton (sport)|skeleton racer]] who competed from 1995 to 2007. She won the gold medal in the women's skeleton event at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]].
She is one of the most successful skeleton athletes in the world. Pedersen-Bieri won the [[FIBT World Championships]] in the women's skeleton event in [[FIBT World Championships 2001|2001]] and [[FIBT World Championships 2005|2005]], and earned two medals at the [[FIBT World Championships 2007|2007 FIBT World Championships]] in [[St. Moritz]] with a silver in the women's skeleton and a bronze in the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event.
Pedersen-Bieri was also European champion in [[2006]] (in [[St. Moritz]]). She won the women's overall [[List of Skeleton World Cup champions|Skeleton World Cup]] in 1997-8.
Pedersen-Bieri also finished fifth in the women's skeleton event at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City]].
Born in [[Spiez]], Switzerland, Pedersen-Bieri is married to [[Snorre Pedersen]] (who is her trainer), has one daughter and lives in [[Øyer]] near [[Lillehammer]], [[Norway]].
==References==
*[http://www.todor66.com/olim/2002w/Skeleton_Women.html 2002 women's skeleton results]
*[http://www.sportresult.com/sports/bs/db/biography.asp?p_id=100676&nat=&sport=&sex=&season=&stat=&venue=&events= FIBT profile]
*[http://sports123.com/ske/wwc.html List of women's skeleton World Cup champions since 1997.]
*[http://www.maya-pedersen.ch Official site]
*[http://www.skeletonsport.com/results/?ContactID=37 Skeleton Sport profile: Maya Pedersen]
*[http://sports123.com/ske/wo.html Women's skeleton Olympic medalists since 2002]
*[http://sports123.com/ske/ww.html Women's skeleton world championship medalists since 2000]
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