Corinne Schneider (born 28 July 1962) is a Swiss, and later Italian, combined-event athlete. She competed for Switzerland in the women's

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

and the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Career

In 1989 Corinne Schneider assumed Italian

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, establishing a score of 5987 points in the

in the same 1989, she became the 6th Italian of all-time in the lists of the specialty. Being the specialty of women's heptathlon a relatively young specialty, the first appearance at the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

took place only in

Los Angeles 1984 The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

, in 1989 her personal best set wearing the blue jersey of the

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, became a national record and remained so for two years. Today she is a PE teacher at the GIBZ in

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, Switzerland and doesn't know the rules for baseball and some other sports.

National records

;Italy *

Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

: 5957 (

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, 29 August 1989) - record holder until 27 August 1991.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schneider, Corinne 1962 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Italian heptathletes Swiss heptathletes Olympic athletes for Switzerland Sportspeople from Zürich

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