Stefan Schmid (athlete)

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Stefan Schmid (born May 6, 1970 in Würzburg ) is a former German athlete . He played 31 decathlons , of which he finished 28. He finished seventh at the World Championships in 1997 and 2001.

Life

Schmid played his first decathlon in 1990 and scored 7507 points straight away. By the end of the year it had increased to 7532 points. In 1991 he was third in Munich with 7819 points at the first German decathlon championship after reunification. At the Universiade in Sheffield, Schmid took fourth place with 7626 points. At the end of the season Schmid increased his best performance to 7866 points. At the end of May 1992 Schmid surpassed the 8000 point mark for the first time with 8012 points at the all- around meeting in Götzis, but only achieved eleventh place against the world class. At the end of August he won the German championship title in Ahlen with 7992 points. In 1993 Schmid was fourth at the German Championships in Vaterstetten. At the European Athletics Cup for all-around athletes in Oulu in 1993 the French won, Schmid took second place with Paul Meier and Michael Kohnle , while Schmid achieved sixth place in the individual standings with 7982 points. In the international match against the USA at the end of the season, Schmid improved his personal best to 8061 points in Aachen. In 1994 Schmid improved his best performance in Götzis to 8201 points and thus took third place. Schmid qualified for the European Championships in Helsinki in 1994 , where he finished fifth with 8109 points. At the end of the 1994 season, Schmid climbed to 8309 points as sixth in the meeting in Talence.

In the 1995 season Schmid did not participate in a decathlon, in 1996 he gave up in the Olympic qualification in Bernhausen after the 100-meter run. On August 31 and September 1, 1996, Schmid completed his first decathlon after almost two years. At the German Championships in Vaterstetten he won the title and increased his personal best to 8478 points, with two career bests with 2.06 meters in the high jump and 13.93 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles. The entire competition, however, was deleted from the result lists after traces of the painkiller dextropropoxyphene were found in Schmid's doping test . On June 1, 1997, the world association IAAF decided to withdraw the service and a retroactive three-month doping ban. Michael Kohnle subsequently received the German championship title in 1996.

Between the competition in Vaterstetten and the decision of the IAAF, Schmid only took part in one indoor competition. While the IAAF was in session, Schmid qualified in Ratingen with 8279 points for the 1997 World Championships in Athens . Schmid achieved 8,360 points there, taking seventh place. The following year Schmid broke off the qualification competition in Ratingen, but was still allowed to go to the 1998 European Championships in Budapest. There he scored 8011 points and ranked 14th. In 1999 Schmid only took part in the German championships in location, where he achieved second place behind Mike Maczey with 7981 points . In 2000 Schmid took part in the meeting in Götzis and finished eighth with 8445 points. As the winner of the Olympic qualification in Ratingen, he increased his best performance to 8485 points. In Sydney he reached 8206 points and was thus Olympic sub . 2001 Schmid won the qualification for the World Championships in Edmonton in Ratingen . There he took seventh place with 8307 points. Schmid played his last international decathlon in 2002 in Bydgoszcz. Together with Mike Maczey and Florian Schönbeck he won the European Cup and finished third in the individual ranking with 7825 points.

Schmid competed for the LG Karlstadt throughout his career . With a height of 1.87 m, his competition weight was 85 kg. Schmid has been running a fitness studio in Karlstadt for many years .

Top performances

discipline Best performance Year and place
100 m
10.69 seconds
 2000 in Munich
Long jump
7.83 meters
 1994 in Talence
Shot put
14.73 meters
 1998 in Budapest
high jump
2.01 meters
 2000 in Ratingen
400 m
47.86 seconds
 2001 in Edmonton
110 m hurdles
14.16 seconds
 2001 in Nuremberg
Discus throw
45.16 meters
 1998 in Osterholz
Pole vault
5.10 meters
 2001 in Edmonton
Javelin throw
71.68 meters
 1994 in Talence
1500 m
4: 26.51 minutes
 1994 in Helsinki
Decathlon
8485 points
 2000 in Ratingen
Heptathlon (indoor performance)
6058 points
 1997 in Fürth

literature

  • Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005. 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005.
  • Hans van Kuijen: 2002 Annual Combined Events. Helmond 2003.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ In 1990 it ran in Salzgitter for 10.67 seconds, but with a tail wind of 3.2 meters per second

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personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg