Luis Alberto Schneider

Luis Alberto Schneider

Personal information
Full name	Luis Alberto Schneider Zuanich
Born	(1959-11-25) 25 November 1959 Temuco, Chile
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres

Luis Alberto Schneider Zuanich (born 25 November 1959) is a retired Chilean sprinter. He represented his country in the 200 metres at the 1983 World Championships reaching the second round. He was particularly successful at the Southern Cross Games (later South American Games), where he won 9 medals, 8 of which were gold.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Chile
1977	South American Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	6th	100 m	11.0
			7th	Long jump	6.77 m
1978	Southern Cross Games	La Paz, Bolivia	1st	100 m	10.70
			1st	200 m	21.4
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	40.35
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:18.48
1979	Pan American Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	22nd (h)	100 m	10.96
			17th (h)	200 m	21.85
	South American Championships	Bucaramanga, Colombia	7th	100 m	10.8
			4th	200 m	21.1
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	41.3
1981	South American Championships	La Paz, Bolivia	3rd	100 m	10.3
			3rd	200 m	20.5
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	40.4
1982	Southern Cross Games	Santa Fe, Argentina	1st	100 m	10.87
			1st	200 m	21.28
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	41.00
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:11.65
1983	Universiade	Edmonton, Canada	11th (sf)	100 m	10.52
			8th	200 m	20.95
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	26th (qf)	200 m	21.39 (w)
	Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	15th (sf)	100 m	10.75
			10th (h)	200 m	21.28
	South American Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	4th	100 m	10.7
			4th	200 m	21.8
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	42.0
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:13.6
1985	South American Championships	Santiago, Chile	10th (h)	100 m	11.01
1986	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	5th	100 m	10.85
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	40.83

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.34 (0.0 m/s, Ciudad Bolívar 1981)
• 200 metres – 20.80 (+0.1 m/s, Edmonton 1983)

References

• Luis Alberto Schneider at Tilastopaja (registration required)