Birth Date: | 11 July 1925 |
Birth Place: | Les Ponts-de-Martel, Switzerland |
Death Date: | 10 September 1963 (aged 38) |
Death Place: | Oberrickenbach, Switzerland |
Sport: | Alpine skiing |
Club: | La Chaux-de-Fonds |
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Georges Schneider (11 July 1925 – 10 September 1963) was a Swiss alpine skier who won the slalom event at the 1950 World Championships.[1] He competed at the 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics with the best result of fifth place in the giant slalom in 1952 and in the slalom in 1956. He died in a hunting accident aged 38.