Slalom ace becomes a father for the first time - dropped from the World Cup team two years ago. The baby's name is Nino.
His wife and mother Annina is said to have given birth to him in the early hours of the morning. The joys of fatherhood could inspire Schmidiger on his way back to the top of the world, as recently things did not go as desired for the two-time junior world champion in slalom. The 31-year-old was eliminated in the first run in Kitzbühel and was also unable to make it into the second run of the night slalm in Madonna di Campiglio.