Józef Szmidt (born 28 March 1935 as Josef Schmidt) is a former Polish athlete.
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Born | Miechowitz, Germany (now Miechowice in Bytom, Poland) | 28 March 1935
He was born in Miechowitz, Beuthen, Province of Upper Silesia, Germany. With a jump of 17.03m in 1960, Szmidt was the first triple jumper to reach 17 metres.[1]
Biography
editSzmidt, a mechanic by profession, was the world's leading triple jumper in the early 1960s, becoming European champion in 1958 and 1962, and Olympic champion in 1960 and 1964.[2] The two latter years he was awarded the Sportsman of the Year prize in Poland. In 1975 Szmidt settled in West Germany, but returned to Poland in 1992. He is the brother of track and field athlete Edward Szmidt, who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Triplo, una storia italiana" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Józef Szmidt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
edit- Józef Szmidt at World Athletics
- Józef Szmidt at European Athletics
- Józef Szmidt at Olympics.com
- Józef Szmidt at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Józef Szmidt at Olympic.org (archived)
- Józef Szmidt at Olympedia
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