Dylan Schmidt

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

Dylan Schmidt
Full nameDylan Matthew Schmidt
Country representedNew Zealand
Born (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997
Southport, Queensland, Australia
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
DisciplineTrampoline gymnastics
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Individual
Youth Olympic Games
2014 Nanjingtrampoline

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] In the Tokyo 2020 held in 2021 he again represented New Zealand in men's gymnastic trampolining qualifying third after two routines reduced the 16-strong field to eight finalists and going on to win Bronze.[5]

His sister, Rachel Schmidt, and brother, Callum Schmidt have both also competed internationally in trampolining.[6]

References
  1. "Dylan SCHMIDT". Olympics.com.
  2. "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 – NZ Herald".
  5. "Schmidt bounces to trampoline bronze". Otago Daily Times.
  6. "Gymsports: Touch of Rio in Napier". NZ Herald.


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