Kurt Schmid

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Kurt Schmid (born February 11, 1932 in Baar ZG ; † December 2, 2000 near Schaffhausen ) was a Swiss rower who won the 1952 Olympic bronze medal in two without a helmsman .

Life

Hans and Josef Kalt from the See-Club Zug had won the silver medal at the 1948 Olympic Games . When Josef Kalt ended his sporting career, Kurt Schmid, who was eleven years his junior, came on board for him.

At the European Championships in Milan in 1950, Erio Bettega and Nicolo Simone competed for Italy and proved to be the toughest competitors for Hans Kalt and Kurt Schmid. At the finish, Kalt and Schmid were ahead of the Italians and were European champions. At the 1951 European Championships in Mâcon, Belgians Michel Knuysen and Robert Baetens won ahead of the Danish boat, Kalt and Schmid received the bronze medal.

At the 1952 Olympic rowing regatta in Meilahti, a district of Helsinki, five boats competed against each other. Hans Kalt and Kurt Schmid won the first heat ahead of the British, Belgians and Americans. The Swiss and the British won the two semi-finals, while the Belgians, the US-Americans and the French qualified for the final via the hope runs. In the final, the four boats from the first run took the first four places. The Americans Charles Logg and Thomas Price won ahead of Michel Knuysen and Robert Baetens. Kalt and Schmid received the bronze medal, nine seconds behind the Belgians, but over four seconds ahead of the British.

Kurt Schmid reached another Olympic final eight years later. Together with Paul Kölliker , Gottfried Kottmann and Rolf Streuli , he took sixth place in the four without a helmsman in 1960 .

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  1. ↑ Information from the See-Club Zug from November 7, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss rowers
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Baar ZG
DATE OF DEATH December 2, 2000
Place of death near Schaffhausen