Sandra Schmitt

{{Short description|German freestyle skier}}

{{Expand German|topic=bio|Sandra Schmitt|date=October 2012}}

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| name = Sandra Schmitt

| image = Sandra Schmitt.jpg

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| caption = Sandra Schmitt after winning her Gold Medal in 1999

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| nationality = German

| birth_date = {{birth date|1981|04|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mörfelden, West Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|11|11|1981|04|26|df=yes}}

| death_place = Kaprun, Austria

| country = Germany

| sport = Freestyle skiing

| event = Moguls, Dual Moguls

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{{MedalSport|Women's freestyle skiing}}

{{MedalCountry|Germany}}

{{MedalCompetition|Freestyle World Ski Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1999 Meiringen-Hailberg|Dual moguls}}

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Sandra Schmitt (April 26, 1981 – November 11, 2000) was a German freestyle skier. In 1998, she came 9th in the Women's Moguls contest at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/0,1518,102476,00.html|title=Freestyle-Star Sandra Schmitt unter den Opfern|work=Spiegel Online|date=12 November 2000|accessdate=6 January 2012|language=German}} She became the Women's Dual Moguls World Champion in 1999. Schmitt died with her parents in the Kaprun disaster on 11 November 2000.{{cite news |last1=Samuel |first1=John |title=Sandra Schmitt - Freestyle skiing champion cheated of Olympic chance |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/nov/17/guardianobituaries.johnsamuel |access-date=17 December 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=17 November 2000}}

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