Mike Schmid

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Michael Schmid Freestyle skiing
Michael Schmid
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
birthday March 18, 1984
place of birth Frutigen
size 193 cm
Weight 96 kg
Career
discipline Ski cross
society SC Frutigen
status resigned
End of career 2018
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold 2010 Vancouver Ski cross
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 18, 2004
 World Cup victories 6th
 Overall World Cup 2. (2009/10)
 Ski cross world cup 1st (2009/10)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Ski cross 6th 3 4th
last change: January 25, 2014

Michael "Mike" Schmid (born March 18, 1984 in Frutigen ) is a Swiss freestyle skier . He specializes in the discipline of ski cross . His greatest success is the Olympic victory in 2010.

biography

Schmid started out as an alpine skier , but gave up this sport at the age of 16 and turned to ski cross. On January 18, 2004 he made his debut in Laax in the World Cup and came in 38th place. He scored World Cup points for the first time on January 15, 2005 when he finished 22nd in Pozza di Fassa . Six days later the first top 10 placement followed in Kreischberg . At the 2005 World Cup in Ruka, he achieved his best result to date, finishing sixth.

On January 20, 2006 Schmid came second in Kreischberg and was the first time on the podium in a World Cup race. Almost a year later, a third place followed in Inawashiro . At the 2007 World Cup , he finished 10th. Two more podium places were added in the 2007/08 season. On January 5th, 2009 Schmid won the first World Cup in St. Johann in Tirol . By contrast, the 2009 World Cup in Inawashiro was rather disappointing with 15th place.

Schmid won the first two World Cup races of the season in San Candido in December 2009 . He has never finished fifth in the 2009/10 season. At the 2010 Winter Olympics , he was the first Olympic champion in this discipline on February 21, ahead of the Austrian Andreas Matt and the Norwegian Audun Grønvold . Schmid had set the fastest time in qualification and had won all of the finals. With the victory on March 14, 2010 in Hasliberg , he secured the early win of the ski cross world cup standings.

In June 2010 Schmid suffered a cruciate ligament rupture on his left knee during training and for this reason missed the 2010/11 season. No sooner had he recovered than he tore another cruciate ligament while skiing, this time on his right knee. After he had not competed in a serious fight for almost two years, he made his comeback on February 17, 2012 and finished second in the busy European Cup race in Davos . Eight days later he intervened again in the World Cup events in Götschen and finished fifth.

Schmid, a cousin of beach volleyball player Nadine Zumkehr , is a trained road builder and continues to do this job during the summer break. A street named after him was built in his birthplace, Frutigen. He was personally involved in the construction work, as his father's road construction company had won the bid.

successes

Mike Schmid as a spectator at the Swiss Championships 2011, Arosa

Olympic games

World championships

World Cup ratings

World Cup victories

Schmid has achieved 13 podium places so far, including 6 wins:

date place country
January 5, 2009 St. Johann in Tirol Austria
December 21, 2009 San Candido Italy
December 22, 2009 San Candido Italy
March 6, 2010 Branäs Sweden
March 14, 2010 Hasliberg Switzerland
March 20, 2010 Sierra Nevada Spain

More Achievements

  • 3 podium places in the European Cup, including 2 wins
  • 2 wins in the Nor-Am Cup

Web links

Commons : Michael Schmid  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mike Schmid tears his cruciate ligament. Berner Zeitung, June 23, 2010, accessed on December 23, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Mike Schmid injured. Berner Zeitung, February 20, 2011, accessed on February 20, 2012 .
  3. ↑ As if Gold-Schmid had never been away. Berner Zeitung, February 18, 2012, accessed on February 20, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Will there be a memorial to Mike Schmid? Berner Zeitung , February 23, 2010, accessed on May 5, 2010 .
  5. ^ A separate street for road builder Mike Schmid. (No longer available online.) Baublatt, March 1, 2010, formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 1, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.baublatt.ch  
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmid, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss freestyle skier
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Frutigen