Benjamin Schmid (bobsledder)

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Benjamin Schmid Bobsleigh
nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday March 22, 1986
place of birth Freilassing
size 190 cm
Weight 98 kg
Career
discipline Two, four
position Brakeman, pilot
society WSV Königssee
Trainer Sepp Dostthaler
status active
Medal table
JWM medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 2 × bronze
IBSF Bobsleigh Junior World Championships
bronze 2009 Königssee two
silver 2012 Innsbruck two
bronze 2012 Innsbruck four
Placements in the Bobsleigh World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup 01/14/2012 WC Königssee two-man
 World Cup victories 01/14/2012 WC Königssee team competition
last change: November 20, 2010

Benjamin Schmid (born March 22, 1986 in Freilassing ) is a German bobsleigh driver .

Benjamin Schmid grew up in Bad Reichenhall . After visiting the Christophorusschule Berchtesgaden he acquired at the technical college Traunstein school diploma . In September 2011, he successfully completed his training as a police master at the winter sports school of the Federal Police in Bad Endorf.

Schmid was successful in alpine sports until 2003. When he reached the age of 18, his career in bobsleigh began as a pusher. Two years later there was a change to the steering cables. In 2009 Benjamin Schmid was able to achieve third place at the Junior World Championships in the two-man bobsleigh at Königssee. The pilot was particularly successful in the 2009/10 European Cup season. Two first places in the two-man bobsleigh (Winterberg and St. Moritz) and ultimately a second place in the overall ranking. Schmid and his team took fourth place in the four-man bobsleigh at the 2010 Junior World Championships and in the overall European Cup standings.

At the Junior World Championships 2012 in Innsbruck / Igls , Benjamin Schmid won the silver medal in the two-man bobsleigh with Marko Hübenbecker and the bronze medal in the four-man bobsleigh.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Medals for federal police officers at Junior World Championships and European Championships ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Bundespolizei.de, January 31, 2012, accessed on July 15, 201 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bundespolizei.de
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bobsleigh driver
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Freilassing