Antoinette Meyer, later ''Molitor'' (19 June 1920 – 19 July 2010) was a
Swiss
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* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
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Other uses
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*Swiss Internation ...
alpine skier who competed in the
1948 Winter Olympics
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...
. She was born in
Hospental
Hospental (locally ''Oschpidall'') is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
History
Hospental is first mentioned in 1285 as ''Hospenthal''. In 1499 it was mentioned under its Latin name as ''Hospicium'', and in 1616 as ''Spithal'' ...
and was married with
Karl Molitor. In 1948 she won the silver medal in the slalom event. In the
downhill competition she finished eleventh.
External links
Antoinette Meyer's profile at Sports Reference.comAntoinette Meyer's obituary
1920 births
2010 deaths
Swiss female alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland
Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics
20th-century Swiss women
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