15 Facts About Monique Scheier-Schneider

Monique Scheier-Schneider was born on 15 October 1954 and is a Luxembourgish ice hockey administrator.

Monique Scheier-Schneider has served as president of Tornado Luxembourg and negotiated the team's entry into the French Division 3.

Monique Scheier-Schneider became secretary of the Luxembourg Ice Hockey Federation, managing the Luxembourg men's national ice hockey team at international competitions.

Monique Scheier-Schneider was later elected to the International Ice Hockey Federation council, oversaw the 2010 Winter Olympics Women's ice hockey tournament, and presided over the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Monique Scheier-Schneider was honored by the IIHF with the Paul Loicq Award in 2015 for her contributions to international ice hockey.

Monique Scheier-Schneider first became involved in ice hockey as a volunteer scorekeeper in 1974, remaining in the game since.

Monique Scheier-Schneider's tasks have included being an off-ice official for games, and building up minor ice hockey programs in her country.

Monique Scheier-Schneider has participated in congress meetings of the International Ice Hockey Federation as the representative from Luxembourg.

Monique Scheier-Schneider served as a director from 2008 to 2012, and sat on the IIHF's competition and in-line hockey committee.

Monique Scheier-Schneider's duties included supervising the 2010 Winter Olympics Women's ice hockey tournament, and presiding over the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Monique Scheier-Schneider helped revise and expand game regulations for the Ice Hockey World Championships.

Monique Scheier-Schneider formally received the award during the 2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Prague.

Monique Scheier-Schneider was surprised to be given the award, considering that she represented a nation in the third division of IIHF competition.

Monique Scheier-Schneider later withdrew as a candidate from the elections for the 2016 IIHF council.

Monique Scheier-Schneider was introduced to hockey in the late 1960s by her husband, Nico Scheier, who was a goaltender for a team in Beaufort, Luxembourg.