Dylan Schmidt
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| Full name | Dylan Matthew Schmidt | ||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 1997 Southport, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||
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Dylan Matthew Schmidt (born 7 January 1997) is a New Zealand trampoline gymnast. He competed in the trampoline competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[1] where he finished in seventh place. He was New Zealand's first athlete to compete in Trampoline at an Olympic Games.[2][3]
Trampoline career[]
Schmidt won a gold medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in China. He won silver medal at the 2016 Olympic test event before competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing 7th in the individual men's category.[2][4] In the Tokyo 2020 held in 2021 he again represented New Zealand in men's gymnastic trampolining qualifying third after two routines reduced the 16-strong field to eight finalists and going on to win Bronze.[5]
His sister, Rachel Schmidt, and brother, have both also competed internationally in trampolining.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Dylan SCHMIDT". Olympics.com.
- ^ a b "Dylan Schmidt – New Zealand Olympic Team". 9 February 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dylan Schmidt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020.
Full name: Dylan Matthew Schmidt
- ^ "Making of an Olympian: Dylan Schmidt – A teenager with the backbone to excel – NZ Herald".
- ^ "Schmidt bounces to trampoline bronze". Otago Daily Times.
- ^ "Gymsports: Touch of Rio in Napier". NZ Herald.
External links[]
- Dylan SCHMIDT at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Dylan Schmidt at the International Olympic Committee
- Dylan Schmidt at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Dylan Schmidt at Olympedia
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- 1997 births
- New Zealand male trampolinists
- Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- New Zealand sportsmen
- Olympic gymnasts of New Zealand
- Gymnasts at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand
- Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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