Silke Schwager (née Braun, born 8 April 1969 in

Oberwiesenthal Oberwiesenthal (; officially Kurort Oberwiesenthal) is a town and a ski resort in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony in Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, on the border with the Czech Republic, 19 km south of Annaberg-Buchh ...

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) is a Swiss cross-country skier who competed from 1987 to 1994. She competed for East Germany until 1990, and for Switzerland from 1992. Competing at the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

in Lillehammer, she earned her best career finish of fifth in the 4 × 5 km relay and had her best individual finish of 33rd in the 30 km event. Schwager finished 38th in the 15 km event at the

1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 took place 19–28 February 1993 in Falun, Sweden, for the third time ( 1954, 1974). This event saw the creation of the combined pursuit where competitors would skate one distance in the classical inter ...

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. Her best World Cup finish was 25th in a 5 km event in

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in 1993. Schwager's best individual career finish was 13th in a 5 km FIS race in Norway in 1992.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

References

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Women's 4 x 5 km cross-country relay Olympic results: 1976-2002
1969 births Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Living people Swiss female cross-country skiers German female cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Switzerland Olympic cross-country skiers of East Germany {{Switzerland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub