Gustav Schmidt (canoeist)

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Gustav Schmidt (born August 9, 1926 - December 29, 2016 ) was a German canoeist . In 1958 he won two world championship titles.

Schmidt took part in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki and together with Helmut Noller took fourth place in a two-person kayak over 1000 meters. Two years later he and Michel Scheuer won the silver medal at the canoe racing world championships in 1954 in a two-person kayak over 1000 meters . Schmidt achieved his greatest successes at the canoe racing world championships in 1958 , when he won the title in a four-person kayak with Michel Scheuer, Georg Lietz and Theo Kleine, both over 1000 meters and over 10,000 meters.

Schmidt was also successful at the 1957 European Championships . Together with Meinrad Miltenberger, he won silver in a two-man kayak over 500 meters, both of them also took second place in the 4 x 500 meter relay. Together with Scheuer, Lietz and Kleine, he also won the 10,000 meter title.

From 1954 to 1958 Schmidt won five German championship titles in the 4 x 500 meter relay with the Bertasee Duisburg team. In 1953 Schmidt won the 1000-meter distance in a single kayak, in 1951 he won with Gerhard Hemmers and from 1954 to 1956 together with Michel Scheuer in a two-man. From 1955 to 1958 Schmidt won in a four-person kayak, with Scheuer and Kleine also taking part in all four titles. Schmidt won the 10,000 meters in 1954 with Michel Scheuer in a two-person kayak and in 1958 in a four-person kayak.

In 1958 Gustav Schmidt ended his active career. From 1959 until the 1989 Summer Universiade he took over the management of the Duisburg regatta course , after which he passed the management on to his son Dieter.

literature

  • Bodo Harenberg (ed.): The stars of the sport from A-Z . Habel, Darmstadt 1970 p. 214 and 215.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Obituary notice on rp-online (accessed on January 23, 2017)
  2. ↑ European championships over 500 meters
  3. ↑ European Championships over 10,000 meters
  4. ↑ German championships over 500 meters
  5. ↑ German championships over 1000 meters
  6. ↑ German championships over 10,000 meters
  7. ↑ Bertasee veteran celebrated their 90th birthday on derwesten.de (accessed on January 23, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German canoeists
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1926
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 2016