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Dylan Schmidt
Full nameDylan Matthew Schmidt
Country representedNew Zealand
Born (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 (age 27)
Southport, Queensland, Australia
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
DisciplineTrampoline gymnastics
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing trampoline

Dylan Matthew Schmidt (born 7 January 1997) is a New Zealand trampolinist. 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]

His sister, Rachel Schmidt, and brother, Callum Schmidt have both also competed internationally in trampolining.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Dylan SCHMIDT - Olympic - New Zealand".
  2. ^ a b "Dylan Schmidt - New Zealand Olympic Team". 9 February 2016.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ "Making of an Olympian: Dylan Schmidt - A teenager with the backbone to excel".
  5. ^ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=11735718