Maya Pedersen-Bieri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Maya Pedersen-Bieri

Swiss skeleton racer

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1972

Place of Birth: Spiez, canton of Bern, Switzerland

Profession: skeleton racer

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.Born in Spiez, Switzerland, Pedersen-Bieri is married to Snorre Pedersen (who is her trainer), has two children, one of whom is a daughter, and lives in Øyer near Lillehammer, Norway.