Ida Schöpfer (22 October 1929 – 7 June 2014) was a

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alpine

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, ten times Swiss champion in alpine skiing and

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World Champion in Downhill skiing and

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. She competed in the

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, but did not achieve a medal. Ida Schöpfer then became the first woman to be elected Swiss Sportsman of the Year in 1954. The Flühli Ski Club organized a "World Cup Week" in her honor in 2004, during which documents and objects were exhibited and Karl Erb and Bernhard Russi, among others, took part. Ida Schöpfer died in her hometown of Flühli in June 2014 at the age of 84.

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