That's it: Bernadette Schild draws a line

The 31-year-old announced her decision on Sunday in the ORF program “Sport am Sonntag” and in an ÖSV broadcast. The younger sister of ex-slalom dominator Marlies Raich (formerly Schild) suffered a torn cruciate ligament and meniscus as well as a bone bruise during slalom training on December 27th and was out for the rest of the season. Now she has drawn a line behind her career. “I simply had to ask myself whether I had the confidence to go to the limit again and beyond, and the honest answer to that is simply 'no'” Bernadette guilt It was Schild's second cruciate ligament injury in 14 months; before that, she was seriously injured at the World Cup opening in Sölden in October 2019. Schild was represented in the World Cup for 13 years. “I just had to ask myself whether I had the confidence to go to the limit again and beyond, and the honest answer to that is simply 'no,'” said Schild. “That’s why my decision to end my active ski racing career was made a few weeks ago.” Played sports with a lot of joy She always enjoyed ski racing with a lot of joy, also with ambition and determination. “I am now taking these qualities with me into a completely new phase of my life and into a completely different professional field,” reported the two-time runner-up in Slalom World Cups. In the future, Schild will work in marketing and media matters for a Lofer-based confectionery company - her first head sponsor. In 2008, Schild was crowned junior world champion in slalom in Formal in Spain, and the following year she secured silver in this discipline at the Junior World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In 2010/11, Schild won the Slalom European Cup, in 2013 she came second in the World Cup for the first time in Lenzerheide, and then in Flachau in 2018. Five more podium finishes in the World Cup complement her record. The technical specialist took part in two Olympic Games and three World Championships. “She has taken on an important role in the team” Christian Mitter, sporting director of the ÖSV women “Bernadette Schild has had a decisive influence on our technical team for over a decade,” explained Christian Mitter, the sports director of the ÖSV women, about the Olympic seventh-place finish in the 2018 Olympic slalom. “She has taken on an important role in the team and will look forward to everyone Cases are missing. I wish Bernadette all the best for her future; she will certainly master her new task with determination and enthusiasm, just as she does in ski racing.”

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That's it: Bernadette Schild draws a line

Bernadette Schild from Salzburg has ended her active skiing career.

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