Rainer Schmidt

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Rainer Schmidt

Schmidt in 1971

Medal record

Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
	1972 Sapporo	Individual large hill
Men's ski flying
World Championships
	1975 Bad Mitterndorf	Individual

Rainer Schmidt (born August 1, 1948 in Langewiesen, Thuringia) is an East German former ski jumper who competed from 1972 to 1976. He won the bronze medal in the Individual large hill at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.

Schmidt won the Four Hills Tournament in 1973 and earned a silver medal at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships in 1975.

Schmidt won the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award in 2004.

References

Four Hills Tournament winners

1952–53: Sepp Bradl (AUT)
1953–54: Olaf B. Bjørnstad (NOR)
1954–55: Hemmo Silvennoinen (FIN)
1955–56: Nikolay Kamenskiy (URS)
1956–57: Pentti Uotinen (FIN)
1957–58: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
1958–59: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
1959–60: Max Bolkart (GER)
1960–61: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
1961–62: Eino Kirjonen (FIN)
1962–63: Toralf Engan (NOR)
1963–64: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN)
1964–65: Torgeir Brandtzæg (NOR)
1965–66: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN)
1966–67: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1967–68: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1968–69: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1969–70: Horst Queck (GDR)
1970–71: Jiří Raška (TCH)
1971–72: Ingolf Mork (NOR)
1972–73: Rainer Schmidt (GDR)
1973–74: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR)
1974–75: Willi Pürstl (AUT)
1975–76: Jochen Danneberg (GDR)
1976–77: Jochen Danneberg (GDR)
1977–78: Kari Ylianttila (FIN)
1978–79: Pentti Kokkonen (FIN)
1979–80: Hubert Neuper (AUT)
1980–81: Hubert Neuper (AUT)
1981–82: Manfred Deckert (GDR)
1982–83: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
1983–84: Jens Weißflog (GDR)
1984–85: Jens Weißflog (GDR)
1985–86: Ernst Vettori (AUT)
1986–87: Ernst Vettori (AUT)
1987–88: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
1988–89: Risto Laakkonen (FIN)
1989–90: Dieter Thoma (FRG)
1990–91: Jens Weißflog (GER)
1991–92: Toni Nieminen (FIN)
1992–93: Andreas Goldberger (AUT)
1993–94: Espen Bredesen (NOR)
1994–95: Andreas Goldberger (AUT)
1995–96: Jens Weißflog (GER)
1996–97: Primož Peterka (SLO)
1997–98: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
1998–99: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
1999–2000: Andreas Widhölzl (AUT)
2000–01: Adam Małysz (POL)
2001–02: Sven Hannawald (GER)
2002–03: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2003–04: Sigurd Pettersen (NOR)
2004–05: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2005–06: (tie) Janne Ahonen (FIN) & Jakub Janda (CZE)
2006–07: Anders Jacobsen (NOR)
2007–08: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2008–09: Wolfgang Loitzl (AUT)
2009–10: Andreas Kofler (AUT)
2010–11: Thomas Morgenstern (AUT)
2011–12: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
2012–13: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
2013–14: Thomas Diethart (AUT)
2014–15: Stefan Kraft (AUT)
2015–16: Peter Prevc (SLO)

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