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Maya Pedersen-Bieri

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Maya Pedersen-Bieri (born 27 November 1972 in Spiez) is a Swiss-Norwegian skeleton racer who has competed since 1995. She won the gold medal in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She retired from the sport in 2010 before returning to compete for Norway (the country of her husband and coach, Snorre Pedersen) in 2016, becoming at the oldest woman to start a World Cup race when she returned to the top level of skeleton in 2017. She is listed in the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation athlete registration system as Maya Pedersen. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maya Pedersen-Bieri is the 3,788th most popular athlete (down from 3,409th in 2019), the 881st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 849th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Swiss Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Maya Pedersen-Bieri ranks 3,788 out of 6,025. Before her are Andris Šics, Yoko Tanabe, Lee Sung-jin, Anatoly Laryukov, Koos Maasdijk, and Grant Fisher. After her are Elena Lashmanova, Hestrie Cloete, Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková, Caroline Brunet, Kateřina Emmons, and Roberto Moya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Maya Pedersen-Bieri ranks 922. Before her are Shaun Bartlett, Lyudmila Galkina, Tomohiro Hasumi, Toshihiro Uchida, Ill Bill, and Marcos Serrano. After her are Yoshinori Abe, Jason Hervey, Darren Anderton, Hideki Yoshioka, Zdeněk Svoboda, and Marek Lemsalu.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Maya Pedersen-Bieri ranks 881 out of 1,015. Before her are Magali Messmer (1971), Terence Kongolo (1994), Kevin Mbabu (1995), Toni Brunner (1974), Shkëlzen Gashi (1988), and Pajtim Kasami (1992). After her are Marcel Fischer (1978), Ardon Jashari (2002), Lia Wälti (1993), Rebeka Masarova (1999), Silvan Dillier (1990), and Jolanda Neff (1993).

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Among ATHLETES In Switzerland

Among athletes born in Switzerland, Maya Pedersen-Bieri ranks 44. Before her are Daniel Müller (1965), Heidi Diethelm Gerber (1969), Steve Guerdat (1982), Simone Niggli-Luder (1978), Viktor Röthlin (1974), and Magali Messmer (1971). After her are Marcel Fischer (1978), Philipp Schoch (1979), Nicola Spirig (1982), Tanja Frieden (1976), Sven Riederer (1981), and Nuria Fernández (1976).

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