title: Hedy Schlunegger
text: Hedy Kaufmann-Schlunegger (10 March 1923 – 3 July 2003) was a Swiss alpine skier. At the 1948 Winter Olympics, Hedy Schlunegger was the first Olympic Gold medalist in Lady's Downhill skiing.
  
  After her success in skiing, Hedy Kaufmann-Schlunegger and her husband managed a sporting goods store in Grindelwald. Olympic medalist Martina Schild is her granddaughter.
  
  References 
   Skiclub Wengen: Hedy Schlunegger 
   Kaufmann Sport Grindelwald: Geschichte 
   Jungfrau-Zeitung: Unsere Verstorbenen: Hedwig Kaufmann-Schlunegger 
   
  
  1923 births
  2003 deaths
  Swiss female alpine skiers
  Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland
  Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
  Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics
  Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
  
  Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
  20th-century Swiss women