Maya Pedersen-Bieri

About Maya Pedersen-Bieri

Maya Pedersen-Bieri is a Swiss skeleton racer who has competed since 1995. She won the gold medal in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Career Highlights:

• 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 2001 and 2005, and earned two medals at the 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 also won a silver in the mixed team event at the 2009 championships.
  
• Pedersen-Bieri was also European champion in 2006 (in St. Moritz). She won the women's overall 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 two children, one of whom is a daughter, and lives in Øyer near Lillehammer, Norway. She returned to competition for the 2008-09 Skeleton World Cup after sitting out the 2007-08 season to maternity leave. She finished third in her return at the 2008-09 event in Altenberg, Germany on December 5, 2008.
  
• Pedersen-Bieri also qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing ninth.
  

Maya Pedersen-Bieri Achievements

Medal Records:

Olympic Games

• Gold medal – 2006 Winter OlympicsWomen
  

World Championships

• Gold medal – 2001 FIBT World ChampionshipsWomen
  
• Gold medal – 2005 FIBT World ChampionshipsWomen
  
• Silver medal – 2007 FIBT World ChampionshipsWomen
  
• Silver medal – 2009 FIBT World ChampionshipsMixed team
  
• Bronze medal – 2007 FIBT World ChampionshipsMixed team