Corinne Schmidhauser

Corinne Schmid Hauser ( * May 30, 1964 in Zollikofen ) is a Swiss politician (FDP) and former ski racer. In the second half of the 1980s she was one of the best slalom racers in the world; in the Ski World Cup, she won four races and decided in the season 1986/87 the rating discipline in itself. Since graduating, she has been working as a lawyer and Sportfunktionärin, moreover, it became politically at the cantonal and communal level.

Sports career

Schmid Hauser made ​​internationally for the first time at the age of 17 years, attention to themselves, as they at the Junior World Cup 1982, the first event of its kind, drove in Auron in the giant slalom to fourth place and a medal just missed. In the 1982/83 season of the European Cup they finished behind Christine of Grünigen and Brigitte Gadient third place in the overall standings. In 1983, she gained experience also in the World Cup. The first World Cup points she brought on 9 December 1984 as the seventh of the slalom in Davos. In the course of the season 1984/85 she was able to establish with multiple placements in the top ten at the advanced world leader in the slalom at the World Cup 1985 in Santa Caterina, she was eighth.

In the following season, 1985/86 Schmid Hauser was able to increase again. On January 26, 1986, she reached the second place in the combined score in Saint- Gervais for the first time a podium. A few days later, in the slalom on February 9 in Vysoke Tatry, she managed the first victory in a World Cup race. The season 1986/87 season was Schmid Hauser successful. She won in Park City, Fluhli and Zwiesel; were added a second and a third place, which they decided to discipline rating in the slalom for themselves. In contrast, it was not fair at the World Championships 1987 in Crans -Montana their role as favorites and dropped in the first slalom run out.

In the course of the season 1987/88 Schmidhauser could not quite match the performance of the previous winter. Nevertheless, they binned himself seven times in the top ten ( including another podium ). Disappointing ran the 1988 Winter Olympics, where she was eliminated in both the slalom and giant slalom. After she had only reached in the 1988/89 season, twice the World Cup points ranking, she said in March 1989 her retirement from professional racing. An exception she made in 1991 with the participation in the Winter Universiade in Sapporo, where she won the silver medal in the slalom giant slalom gold and.

Professional and policy

From 1990, graduated Schmidhauser a law degree at the University of Bern and graduated in 1995 with a master's from. During her studies she worked as an editor at the newspaper Der Bund and freelance journalist for the Swiss Television. Before and during the Swiss Federal Gymnastics Festival 1996 in Berne, she served as head of media. In 1999 she admitted to the bar and was then a partner of different firms. 2003 Schmid Hauser also received his diploma as a mediator. She was co-founder in 2008 of the Anti-Doping Foundation Switzerland, which is responsible for Testing and Control in Switzerland; since it is this before as President. She is also a judge at the International Court of Sport Arbitration and board member of the Swiss Association for Sports Law.

Schmid Hauser joined in September 2006 as a candidate of the Bernese FDP to the Grand Conseil election, but was not elected. Also no success she had at the 2007 National Council elections on 2 December of the same year she succeeded, however, the election to the council her local community Bremgarten near Bern.; where she has since been in charge of the Finance Department. After the early resignation of a FDP Gross Councillor in April 2009 Schmidhauser moved according to the cantonal parliament. She went on to the national elections in 2011, but was not elected.

Schmid Hauser is married and the mother of two sons.

Sporting successes

World Championships

  • Bormio 1985: 8 Slalom

Junior World Championships

  • Auron 1982: 4 Giant Slalom, Slalom 14

World Cup

  • 1985/1986 season: 9 Slalom World Cup
  • Season 1986/1987: first World Cup slalom
  • Season 1987/1988: 6 Slalom World Cup
  • 8 podiums, including 4 victories:

Others

  • Winter Universiade 1991 in Sapporo: 1 Giant Slalom, Slalom 2
  • European Cup season 1982/83: 3 Overall rating
  • Two times national champion in slalom (1985 and 1986 )
Slalom skiing Alpine skiing combined 1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1986 Alpine Skiing World Cup Auron (ski resort) 1985 Alpine Skiing World Cup FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1985 Santa Caterina di Valfurva Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Park City (Utah) FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987 Crans-Montana 1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup Mediation Grand Council of Bern
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