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| {{short description|German glider aerobatic pilot (born 1962)}}
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| {{About|the German glider aerobatic pilot|the ski jumper|Olaf Schmidt (ski jumper)|the British Army bomb disposal expert|Olaf Schmid}}
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| '''Olaf Schmidt''' (born 1962) is a German [[Glider (sailplane)|glider]] [[competition aerobatics|aerobatic]] pilot.<ref name="daec">{{cite web
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| | url = http://www.daec-segelflug.de/piloten/kunstflug/index.php?we_objectID=88
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| | title = DAeC: German National Team Member Olaf Schmidt
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| | access-date = 2008-03-30
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| }}</ref>
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| He joined his [[gliding]] club, ''[[Bremen|Bremer]] Verein für Luftfahrt e.V.'', at the age of 13, gaining his glider pilot licence at the age of 16 and a glider and his [[motor glider]] [[flight instructor|instructor]] rating in 1983 at the age of 21. Since 1984, he has assisted at glider aerobatic courses as a tow pilot. He obtained a glider aerobatics rating in 1987. In 1994 he competed in a glider aerobatic competition in the advanced category for the first time. The 1998 German National Championship was his first competition in the unlimited category.
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| He became a member of the German National Glider Aerobatics Team in 2001. Since then he has competed in the [[European Gliding Championships#European Glider Aerobatic Championships|European]] and in the [[World Gliding Championships#FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships|World Glider Aerobatic Championships]].<ref name="daec"/>
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| |+ Achievements in glider aerobatic competitions
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| |align=center| 1998
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| |align=center| German Championships
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| |align=center| unlimited
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| |align=center| n/a
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| |align=center| 2000
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| |align=center| German Championships
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| |align=center| unlimited
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| |align=center| 8
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| |align=center| n/a
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| |align=center| 2002
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| |align=center| German Championships
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| |align=center|
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| |align=center| unlimited
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| |align=center| 8
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| |align=center| n/a
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| |align=center| 2003
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| !align=center| World Championships
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| |align=center| [[Pér]], Hungary
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| |align=center| unlimited
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| |align=center| 17
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| |align=center| 2004
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| |align=center| German Championships
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| |align=center| [[Biberach an der Riß]], Germany
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| |align=center| unlimited
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| |align=center| 14
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| |align=center| n/a
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| |align=center| 2004
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| !align=center| European Championships
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| |align=center| [[Moravska Trebova]], Czech Republic
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| |align=center| unlimited
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| |align=center| 28
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| |align=center| 2004
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| |align=center| Open Dutch Championships
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| |align=center|
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| |align=center| unlimited
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| | bgcolor="gold" align=center| 1
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| |align=center| n/a
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| |align=center| 2005
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| |align=center| Open British Championships
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| |align=center| [[Vale of Belvoir]] (Saltby airfield), UK<ref name="BAeA-2005UK">{{cite web
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| | url = http://www.aerobatics.org.uk/results/2005/glider_nats.htm
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| | title = BAeA: the British Glider Nationals - 2005
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| | access-date = 2008-03-30
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| }}</ref>
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| |align=center| unlimited
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| | bgcolor="gold" align=center| 1
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| |align=center| n/a
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| |align=center| 2005
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| !align=center| World Championships
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| |align=center| [[Serpukhov]] (Drakino airfield), Russia
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| |align=center| unlimited
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| |align=center| 28
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| |align=center| 2006
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| |align=center| German Championships
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| |align=center| [[Bad Frankenhausen]], Germany
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| |align=center| unlimited
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| |align=center| 4
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| |align=center| n/a
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| |align=center| 2006
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| !align=center| European Championships
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| |align=center| [[Rybnik]], Poland
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| |align=center| unlimited
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| |align=center| 13
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| | bgcolor="bronze" align=center| 3 (with [[Eugen Schaal]] and [[Markus Feyerabend]])
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| |align=center| 2006
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| |align=center| Open Dutch Championships
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| |align=center| [[Deelen]], Netherlands
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| |align=center| unlimited
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| | bgcolor="gold" align=center| 1
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| |align=center| n/a
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| |align=center| 2007
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| !align=center| World Championships
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| |align=center| [[Niederöblarn]], Austria
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| |align=center| unlimited
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| |align=center| 4 (best German)
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| | bgcolor="silver" align=center| 2 (with [[Markus Feyerabend]] and [[Eugen Schaal]])
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| |align=center| 2008
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| |align=center| German National Championships
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| |align=center| [[Rothenburg (Oberlausitz)]], Germany
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| |align=center| unlimited
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| | bgcolor="silver" align=center| 2
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| |align=center| n/a
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| |align=center| 2008
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| !align=center| European Championships
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| |align=center| [[Radom]] (Piastow airfield), Poland
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| |align=center| unlimited
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| |align=center| 13
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| | bgcolor="bronze" align=center| 3 (with [[Markus Feyerabend]] and [[Hans-Georg Resch]])
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| |}<ref name="daec"/><ref name="civa-egac">{{cite web
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| |url = http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/chronology.asp?id=12
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| |title = FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships
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| |access-date = 2008-03-30
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| |url-status = dead
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| |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080219155202/http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/chronology.asp?id=12
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| |archive-date = 2008-02-19
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| }}</ref><ref name="civa-wgac">
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| {{cite web
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| | url = http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/chronology.asp?id=107
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| | title = FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships
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| | access-date = 2008-03-30
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| | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080219155157/http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/chronology.asp?id=107
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| | archive-date = 2008-02-19
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| | url-status = dead
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| </ref><ref name="civa-OS">
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| {{cite web
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| | url = http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/pilot.asp?id=16510
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| | title = FAI CIVA: pilot profile of Olaf Schmidt
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| | access-date = 2008-08-21
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| }}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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| </ref><ref name="GGAC2008">{{cite web
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| |url = http://www.flugplatz-rothenburg-goerlitz.de/Termine/DM_Segelkunstflug_2008/Ergebnisse/8_MST_Gesamt.pdf
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| |title = Results of the German Glider Aerobatic Championships 2008 (unlimited)
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| |access-date = 2008-08-02
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| }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| == References ==
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| {{Reflist|2}}
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| {{Aerobatics}}
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| {{Authority control}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmidt, Olaf}}
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| [[Category:1962 births]]
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| [[Category:Living people]]
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| [[Category:Aerobatic pilots]]
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| [[Category:German aviators]]
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| [[Category:German glider pilots]]
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| [[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
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