Roy Schmidt

Roy Schmidt
Schmidt at the German Championships 2015 in the 4 × 100 m relay race
nation	Germany
birthday	30th September 1991 (age 28)
place of birth	Leipzig ,  Germany
size	179 cm
Weight	79 kg
job	Police officer
Career
discipline	60 meters (hall); 100 meters ; 200 meters ; Season
Best performance	Hall: 60 m: 6.70 s; 200 m: 21.16 s Open air: 100 m: 10.23 s; 200 m: 20.85 s
society	LAZ Leipzig / SC DHfK Leipzig first club: TuS Jena
Trainer	Ronald Stein, first trainer: Waltraud Strotzer
Medal table
European championships 0 × 0 × 1 × German championships 2 × 2 × 1 ×
European championships bronze 2016 Amsterdam 4 × 100 m  German championships gold 2013 Ulm 4 × 100 m bronze 2017 Erfurt 100 m silver 2018 Nuremberg 4 × 100 m
last change: July 1st, 2019

Roy Schmidt (born September 30, 1991 in Leipzig ) is a German athlete who specializes in the short sprint .

career path

Roy Schmidt attended the sports high school Jena Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths , an elite school of sports that works closely with TuS Jena , among others . 2011 was the high school year. He is a police officer .

Athletic career

In 2008 Schmidt was a B-youth (U18) at the German Youth Championships 100 and 200 meter champions. He was able to repeat the success in 2009 in the A-youth (U20) over the 200 meters. Before graduating from high school, Schmidt was able to become German youth indoor champion over 60 and 200 meters in the indoor season in 2010 .

In 2013 he was the active German champion with the 4 x 100 meter relay.

Over 100 meters, Schmidt came 6th at the 2015 German Championships and 5th in 2016.

In 2016 he also won bronze in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the European Championships in Amsterdam and was nominated for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .

In 2017, Schmidt became European team champion in Lille, northern France , and took second place in the 4 x 100 meter relay . In Erfurt he came in 3rd place at the German championships in the 100 meter run.

Schmidt belongs to the B-team of the German Athletics Association (DLV) .

He starts for the LAZ Leipzig / SC DHfK Leipzig and was previously at TuS Jena .

Personal best

(As of July 23, 2018)

Hall

• 6.70 s at 60 m, in Erfurt , February 9, 2018
• 21.16 s over 200 m, in Metz , February 28, 2009
• 8.29 s at 60 m H (91.4), in Chemnitz , January 6, 2007

open air

• 10.23 s over 100 m, in La Chaux-de-Fonds , (+0.1 m / s) , June 30, 2019
• 20.85 s over 200 m, in Mannheim , (+1.8 m / s) , July 6, 2014

successes

national

• 2008: German U18 champion (100 and 200 m)
• 2009: German U20 champion (200 m)
• 2010: German youth indoor champion (60 and 200 m)
• 2013: 3rd place German U23 championships (100 m)
• 2013: German champion (4 × 100 m)
• 2015: 6th place German Championships (100 m)
• 2016: 5th place German Championships (100 m)
• 2017: 3rd place German Championships (100 m)

international

• 2009: U20 European Champion (4 × 100 m)
• 2010: 5th place U20 World Championships (4 × 100 m)
• 2013: Vice European team champion
• 2016: 3rd place European Championships (4 × 100 m)
• 2017: European team champion
• 2017: 2nd place European team championship (4 × 100 m)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jens Henning: Roy Schmidt looks ahead , on: otz.de, September 9, 2010, accessed July 25, 2016
2. ↑ Instagram post by Roy Schmidt • Jan 31, 2018 at 3:24 UTC. Retrieved February 4, 2018 . 

Web links

Commons : Roy Schmidt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Roy Schmidt in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait on Leichtathletik.de
• Portrait of the sports show
• EM 2016 Amsterdam team brochure of the DLV, p. 48
• Portrait of the NDR sports show