Jörg Schmidt (16 February 1961–21 July 2022) was an East German sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. He won a silver medal in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He was born in Berlin, East Germany.

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Jörg Schmidt

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	C-1 1000 m
World Championships
	1982 Belgrade	C-1 1000 m

Schmidt also won a gold medal in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade.

He married Birgit Fischer, who would win 12 Summer Olympic medals in women's sprint canoeing between 1980 and 2004. Their marriage lasted from 1984 to 1993 and gave them a child in 1986. Schmidt's niece Fanny won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

References

• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
• "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jörg Schmidt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
• Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Singles 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 491–2.

External links

• Jörg Schmidt at Olympedia

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