Lauritz Schmidt

Lauritz Schmidt
Nationality:	Norway
Birthday:	May 1, 1897
Place of birth:	Oslo
Date of death:	June 27, 1970
Place of death:	Oslo
Society:	Kongelig Norsk Seilforening
Boat classes:	8 meter class
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 2 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Antwerp 1920 8 m class (type 1919) silver Berlin 1936 8 m class

Lauritz Thura Thrap Schmidt (born May 1, 1897 in Oslo , † June 27, 1970 ibid) was a Norwegian sailor .

successes

Lauritz Schmidt, member of the Kongelig Norsk Seilforening , took part in the Olympic Games twice. In 1920 in Antwerp he won the silver medal on his Olympic debut in the 8-meter class according to the International Rule of 1919. In three races with the Lyn he always finished behind the second Norwegian boat Sildra and in front of the Belgian boat Antwerpia V in second place, which is why the Lyn finished the regatta in second place. In addition to skipper Jens Salvesen , the crew also included Nils Thomas , Ralph Tschudi and Finn Schiander .

At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin , he repeated this success in the 8-meter class. He was again a crew member, this time the Silja under skipper Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen , who finished the regatta taking place in the Olympic harbor Düsternbrook in Kiel in second place. At first, the Silja and the Germania III from Germany had achieved 53 total points, in the jump-off for second place behind the Olympic champions from Italy, they finally prevailed against their German competitors. In addition to Schmidt and Ditlev-Simonsen, the other crew members John Ditlev-Simonsen , Hans Struksnæs , Nordahl Wallem and Jacob Tullin Thams also received the silver medal.

Schmidt attended a commercial school and lived in Hamburg for three years during his training . In 1926 he became head of the printing and binding company Nationaltrykkeriet A / S & Forlagsbokbinderiet .

Web links

• Lauritz Schmidt in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )