Corinne Rey-Bellet (2 August 1972 – 30 April 2006) was a Swiss alpine skier. Rey-Bellet shared a World Championship silver medal in the downhill event in St. Moritz in 2003 (in a tie with Alexandra Meissnitzer) and won a total of five World Cup races. Her "double win" (two race wins on the same day) at St. Anton am Arlberg on 16 January 1999 is the only double win in the women's Alpine World Cup. She retired in 2003 due to a series of injuries sustained to her right knee. On 30 April 2006, 10 days after separating from her husband, he shot her dead.
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| Born | 2 August 1972 Les Crosets, Canton of Valais, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 April 2006 (aged 33) Les Crosets, Canton of Valais, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Gerold Stadler (m. 2002) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | rey-bellet.com | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Skiing | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editRey Bellet was born 2 August 1972 in Les Crosets.[1][2]
She shared a World Championship silver medal in the downhill event in St. Moritz in 2003 (in a tie with Alexandra Meissnitzer)[3] and won a total of five World Cup races.[1] Her "double win" (two race wins on the same day) at St. Anton am Arlberg on 16 January 1999 is the only double win in the women's Alpine World Cup.[4] She retired in 2003 due to a series of injuries sustained to her right knee.[3][5]
Death
editRey-Bellet was shot and killed in her parents' home in the Swiss village of Les Crosets, Canton of Valais on Sunday, 30 April 2006 by her husband Gerold Stadler.[3] She was three months pregnant.[6] Her brother Alain, who was to have been married the following Friday, was also killed, and her mother Verena was severely injured. Corinne and Stadler's two-year-old son, home at the time of the attack, was left unharmed.[6]
A warrant was issued for the arrest of her husband. The couple had separated approximately 10 days before the murders took place. His body was recovered in a forest on 3 May 2006,[6] Stadler having killed himself roughly 36 hours before.[7] Stadler – a 34-year-old private banker with Credit Suisse and a captain in the Swiss Armed Forces – used his service pistol, which all Swiss men under the age of 42 are issued, in the shooting.[1][8][9] Rey-Bellet's parents expressed their forgiveness of Stadler in his obituary.[10]
World cup victories
edit| Date | Location | Race |
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| 16 January 1999 |  St. Anton am Arlberg |
Super-G |
| 16 January 1999 | St. Anton am Arlberg |
Downhill |
| 15 January 2000 | Altenmarkt im Pongau |
Downhill |
| 9 March 2001 |  Åre |
Super-G |
| 2 March 2002 |  Lenzerheide |
Downhill |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Rey-Bellet's husband is found dead". SWI swissinfo. 3 May 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "L'hommage d'une skieuse suisse à Régine Cavagnoud" [Swiss skier pays tribute to Régine Cavagnoud]. SWI swissinfo (in Swiss French). 31 October 2001. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "Former Swiss skiing star killed". BBC News. 1 May 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2006.
- ^ Heflik, Roman (4 May 2006). "Mordfall Rey-Bellet: Todesschüsse in Schweizer Idylle" [Rey-Bellet murder case: Fatal shooting in Swiss countryside]. Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Lochner, Bob (22 February 1992). "THE OLYMPICS : WINTER GAMES AT ALBERTVILLE : Swiss Have Near-Empty Feeling : Skiing: Once dominant in world competition, they have won only a bronze medal in Alpine events going into today's slalom". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "Swiss skier's husband found dead". BBC News. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ "Das Rätsel um Gerold Stadlers Leiche" [The mystery surrounding Gerold Stadler's body]. 20 Minuten (in Swiss High German). 10 May 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Smith, Alex Duval (7 May 2006). "Murder stuns the dynasty of the Alps". The Observer. The Guardian. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Bourget, Albertine (3 May 2006). "Gerold Stadler, époux modèle devenu assassin" [Gerold Stadler, model husband turned murderer]. Le Temps (in Swiss French). ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "Rey-Bellet: «Gery, wir sind dankbar, dass wir dich haben durften»" [Rey-Bellet: "Gery, we are grateful to have had you".]. 20 Minuten (in Swiss High German). SDA. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2023.