EDUCATION
After suffering a serious injury that prevented her from continuing her skiing career, Ina Maria Schmid began a commercial education and passed her Abitur in 1976 at the Commercial College in Villach.
In order to gain experience she worked at a number of jobs, although at a relatively senior level, in Austria and abroad – for example, Loews in Monaco, (Fairmont Hotel), Arlberg, Kitzbühel, Saalbach and Vienna (Österreichische Sporthilfe).
Professional development in the off-seasons:
✪ Catering qualification
✪ Apprentice training qualification
✪ National ski instructor qualification from the Salzburg Professional Ski Instructors Association
✪ Sailing instructor qualification from the Carinthian Professional Sports Teachers Federation
✪ State-certified surfing qualification from VÖWS
✪ Tennis instructor course in Kaprun
✪ Nail technician course at Sunrise, 10301 NW 50th St #102, FL 33351 USA
✪ Balance sheet accountant course with WIFI
✪ Italian for the tourist industry with WIFI
2013:
✪ Double degree and graduation with the grade „Very Good“ in all individual exams and the degree dissertation. Graduation from Vienna University of Technology: Diplom Betriebswirt and MBA presented by Prof. Peter Linnert.