![]() Schmidt in 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Rudolstadt, Germany | 3 March 1945||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 August 2023 Zimmern ob Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | (aged 78)||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | BSG Einheit Greiz; SC DHfK Leipzig | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ingrid Schmidt (3 March 1945 – 6 August 2023) was a German backstroke swimmer. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay in 1960. In 1964 her team was disqualified in the same event.[1]
At the 1962 European Aquatics Championships, she won a gold medal in the same 4 × 100 m medley event,[2] setting the new world record. For this achievement, the four team members were named German Sportspersonalities of the Year in the team category in 1962.[3]
Schmidt died in Zimmern ob Rottweil on 6 August 2023, at the age of 78.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ingrid Schmidt". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ Ingrid SCHMIDT. les-sports.info
- ^ Mannschaften des Jahres seit 1947 Archived 1 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine. sportler-des-jahres.de
- ^ "Ingrid Schmidt". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 September 2023.