Pavel Schmidt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pavel Schmidt

Czech rower

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1930

Place of Birth: Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 14-Aug-2001

Profession: physician, rower

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Pavel Leo Edmund Schmidt (9 February 1930 – 14 August 2001) was a Slovak rower who competed for Czechoslovakia, mostly in the double sculls together with Václav Kozák.
They won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics and two medals at European championships in 1959 and 1961, and placed fourth at the 1962 World Rowing Championships.After retiring from competitions, Schmidt became a rowing coach, and in 1967–68 trained the Mexico national team.
After that he did not return to Czechoslovakia, but settled in Switzerland together with his family.
There he worked as a psychiatrists and as a coach at the Biel sports school.