Thomas Schmidt (canoeist)

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Thomas Schmidt
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney K1
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Bourg St.-Maurice K1 team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Augsburg K1 team
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Augsburg K1 team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Roudnice nad Labem K1 team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Bratislava K1 team
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Wausau K1 team

Thomas Schmidt (born 18 February 1976, in Bad Kreuznach) [1] is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1994 to 2004.

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Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000. Schmidt also won two medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 2002 and a bronze in 2003. [2]

He is the overall World Cup champion in K1 from 2001. He also won three gold medals in the K1 team event at the European Championships. [2]

World Cup individual podiums

Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
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SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
1998 13 September 1998 La Seu d'Urgell 3rdK1
2000 2 July 2000 Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre 3rdK1
30 July 2000 Augsburg 2ndK1
2001 28 July 2001 Augsburg 1stK1
5 August 2001 Prague 2ndK1
9 September 2001 Wausau 1stK1
2002 20 July 2002 Augsburg 2ndK1
4 August 2002 Prague 2ndK1
2003 31 July 2003 Bratislava 2ndK1
2004 30 May 2004 Merano 3rdK1
17 July 2004 Augsburg 1stK1

References

  1. ↑ "Thomas Schmidt". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Thomas SCHMIDT (GER)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 16 September 2017.


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