Maya Pedersen-Bieri 4036691 203846579 2008-04-06T22:07:13Z Miller17CU94 1510826 /* References */ Template added {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport|[[Skeleton (sport)|Skeleton]]}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalGold|[[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]]|[[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Women]]}} {{MedalWorldChampionships}} {{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}} {{MedalBottom}} '''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] {{Footer Olympic Champions Skeleton Women}} {{Footer World Champions Skeleton Women}} {{Footer World Cup Champions Skeleton Women}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedersen-Bieri, Maya}} [[Category:1972 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Olympic skeleton racers of Switzerland]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland]] [[Category:Skeleton racers at the 2002 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Skeleton racers at the 2006 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Swiss skeleton racers]] [[de:Maya Pedersen-Bieri]] [[fi:Maya Pedersen-Bieri]] [[fr:Maya Pedersen-Bieri]] [[no:Maya Pedersen-Bieri]] {{Switzerland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub}} {{Skeleton-bio-stub}}