Maya Pedersen-Bieri

Maya Pedersen

Personal information
Birth name	Maya Bieri
Born	27 November 1972 (1972-11-27) (age 52) Spiez, Switzerland
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)[1]
Website	www.maya-pedersen.ch
Medal record Skeleton Representing  Switzerland Olympic Games 2006 Turin Women World Championships 2001 Calgary Women 2005 Calgary Women 2007 St. Moritz Women 2009 Lake Placid Mixed team 2007 St. Moritz Mixed team

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,^[2] 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.^[1]

Born in Spiez, Switzerland, Pedersen-Bieri is married to Snorre Pedersen (who is her trainer), has two children, both of her children are females and lives in Øyer near Lillehammer, Norway.^{[citation needed]}