Seraina Mischol
Seraina Mischol ( born December 1, 1981 in Samedan, Graubünden) is a Swiss cross-country skier.
Seraina Mischol lives in Davos Platz and Davos starts for the ski club. She began her international career in December in FIS and Continental Cup competitions. In Saalfelden she took first time in 1999 at junior world championships and was 37th over 5 kilometers. Your World Cup debut Mischol in December 1999 in Engelberg as 43 in the sprint. In the following years it was rarely used in the World Cup, launched on mostly in FIS and Continental Cup competitions as well as over again at the annual Junior World Championships. In 2001 she won Langis in the Swiss Championship in 10- kilometer race and finished second over 15 miles behind Natascia Leonardi Cortesi. In the subsequent World Junior Championships in Poland Karpacz Szklarska she won bronze over 15 km, was fifth over 5 kilometers. Since 2001 Mischols bets in the World Cup have become increasingly frequent. In the year she was also first used in Lahti at a Nordic World Ski Championships. Here they came in 55th place in the 10 -kilometer race. In 2003 she went to at a Nordic World Ski Championships for the second time. This time Mischol started in three races, best result was the tenth place with the Swiss relay. Also with the season they reached in Beitostølen their first result in the top ten in the World Cup. In 2004 she reached a tenth place in the team sprint in Davos with Laurence Rochat. In December of that year was followed by a fourth place in the team sprint in Bern. Mischol developed at this time becoming more of a sprinter. In Reit im Winkl she came in ninth in the sprint for the first time in a single World Cup among the best. In the subsequent Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf she reached apart from an eighth place in the team sprint with Rochat no significant results.
In January 2006, a sixth place in Otepaeae was a success again. Previous career highlight was the participation in the Olympic Games 2006. Turin Mischol competed in three races, best result was a 15th place in the 10 -kilometer race. Particularly well managed Mischol the start of the 2007/ 08 season. in Dusseldorf they reached fifth place in the Sprint her best individual result in the team sprint, she was also seventh. To date (as of November 1, 2007 ), the Swiss won five races in the Continental Cup and came seven more times on the podium. FIS races they won 20 times in itself. In the World Cup they reached 15 top ten finishes in more than 70 races.
In November 2011 Mischol announced that she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis ( MS). She wants to continue her career.