Matilde Schwencke

Matilde Schwencke (born 28 November 2003 Santiago ) is a Chilean ski racer . She was flag bearer for Chile at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

 Biography 
Schwencke started skiing at the age of 2. At 15, she received a scholarship to Stratton Mountain School , after which she moved to Vermont . 

She made her international racing debut on 5 August 2019, in a South American Cup giant slalom , placing among the top 10 with a 9th-place finish. Her first major international event came almost six months later at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne . In the alpine events held in Les Diablerets , her best result was 21st place in the alpine combined. 

Schwencke mainly competed in junior and FIS races. At the beginning of the 2021/22 season, Schwencke won Chilean women's national titles in Super G, and Alpine Combined. 

Schwencke celebrated the greatest success of her career so far at the beginning of the 2023/24 winter season. Although she only managed to win one race, a downhill in Corralco, she secured victory in the overall standings as well as in the downhill standings of the South American Cup.

Schwencke participated in the Alpine Ski World Championships for the first time in 2025. At the competitions held in Saalbach , she finished 30th in the downhill and was eliminated in the giant slalom.

She completed at the 2026 Winter Olympics, placing 27th in Women's Downhill.

She is a student at Swiss School of Business and Management Geneva..

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Category:2003 births