Gustav Schmidt (canoeist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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West German sprint canoer
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Place of Birth: Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Gustav Schmidt (canoeist)
- Gustav Schmidt (9 August 1926 – 29 December 2016) was a West German sprint canoeist, born in Duisburg, who competed in the 1950s.
- He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-4 1000 m and K-4 10000 m: both 1958) and a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1954).
- Schmidt also finished fourth in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
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